RT journal article
T1 Desengaño y denuncia en los Comentarios a los XXXI primeros salmos de Benito Arias Montano
T2 Disillusionment and condemnation in the Commentaries on the first 31 psalms by Benito Arias Montano
A1 Pozuelo Calero, Bartolomé
A2 Filología Clásica
K1 Benito Arias Montano
K1 social criticism in 16th century
K1 neo-Stoicism
K1 neo-Latin literature
AB Each of the commentaries on the psalms in In XXXI Dauidis psalmos priorescommentaria (Antwerp, 1605) is preceded by a letter from the author dedicated to a friend or respectedperson. These letters were originally meant to accompany the corresponding commentary while,at the same time, intended for publication. This article argues that the volume has two objectives:in the commentaries themselves, Arias Montano offers a reading of each of the psalms, and in theletters applies the teachings of a psalm in question to his environment. Secondly, his views on whathe sees around him are tainted by disillusionment. He criticizes a world ruled by princes preparedto declare unjust wars and by corrupt judges who rob the poor; a merciless world in which the weakare oppressed by the powerful and virtue is constantly assailed by envy. Against this background hepraises the doctrines of stoicism and retreating within. This epistolary, the only one intended forpublication by his author, contains some of the most sincere reflections of all his work.
PB Centro de Estudos Clássicos (Universidade de Lisboa)
SN ISSN 0870-0133
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20027
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20027
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026