The Vanity and Uncertainty of All Sciences

Japanese: 《あらゆる学術の虚栄と不確実性》 - あらゆるがくじゅつのきょえいとふかくじつせい
The Vanity and Uncertainty of All Sciences

…This book was an opportunity for the people of the Renaissance to turn their attention from the heavenly world to the earthly natural world. However, in 1530, he wrote “The Vanity and Uncertainty of All Sciences,” in which he abandoned all his previous claims and adopted a position of thorough skepticism. This was the beginning of Renaissance skepticism. …

*The following is a portion of the glossary that refers to "the vanity and uncertainty of all academics."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この書がルネサンス期の人々に天上世界ではなく,地上の自然世界に目を向けさせる機縁となった。ところが1530年,彼は《あらゆる学術の虚栄と不確実性》を著し,これまでの主張のいっさいを投げうって,徹底的な懐疑主義の立場をとった。ルネサンス懐疑主義の嚆矢(こうし)である。…

※「《あらゆる学術の虚栄と不確実性》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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