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The Roman poet Virgil played an important part in the thought and writings of Renaissance philosophers, largely as a result of the enduring place held by his poetry in Renaissance education and the long tradition of philosophical interpretations of Virgil’s works.
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Houghton, L.B.T. (2022). Virgil in the Renaissance. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_423
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