In this volume, leading scholars explore aspects of Renaissance Aristotelianism in the overlooked region of Southeast Europe.
Uncovering forgotten texts, neglected topics, and little-known authors, ten chapters examine the philosophies and scholarly practices of figures including Antonio Zara, Nikola Vitov Gucetic (Nicolaus Viti Gozzius), Matija Frkic (Matthaeus Ferchius), Juraj Dubrovcanin (Georgius Raguseius), and Daniel Furlanus.
The volume is organized into three sections. ‘Scholarship’ explores various aspects of accumulation, organization, and the display of knowledge typical for the Renaissance period. ‘Metaphysics’ looks at Aristotelian cosmological theories and doctrines, as well as exceptions to the general demise of metaphysics as a discipline in the Renaissance. ‘Interactions with Platonism’ provides different angles on how Renaissance philosophers handled the authority and the intellectual legacy of the two towering figures, Plato and Aristotle. In so doing, this volume provides insight into a number of topics central to Renaissance Aristotelianism in general.
Beginning with an Editors’ Introduction offering vital context to the differing interpretations of Aristotelianism at the time, as well as a brief history of the areas in focus, this is an essential resource for anyone wanting to broaden their understanding of Renaissance Aristotelianism beyond the oft-examined cultural centres of Western Europe.
Introduction, Pavel Gregoric and Martino Rossi Monti (Institute of Philosophy,Zagreb, Croatia)
SCHOLARSHIP
1. From Humanist to Encyclopaedic Knowledge: Antonio Zara’s ‘Anatomia ingeniorum et scientiarum’, Paul Richard Blum (Loyola University Maryland, USA / )
2. Vera scientia prognosticandi: Federik Grisogono and Medical Astrology in Dalmatia, Ivana Skuhala Karasman (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia)
3. Philology, observation, and medicine in Daniel Furlanus’ commentary on Theophrastus’ ‘De ventis’, Craig Martin (University of Venice, Italy)
4. Too much to quote: the management of sources in Nikola Vitov Gucetic’s ‘Commentary on the first book of Aristotle’s Rhetoric’, Gorana Stepanic (University of Pula, Croatia)
5. Matej Frkic and his Enemies, Eva del Soldato (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
METAPHYSICS
6. Vernacular Metaphysics in Renaissance Ragusa, Marco Sgarbi (University of Venice, Italy)
7. The Organistic Cosmological Theory of Antun Medo, Pavel Gregoric (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia)
8. Self-defence of Aristotelianism at the turn of the seventeenth century: Juraj Dubrovcanin and Matej Frkic, Mihaela
Girardi Karšulin (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia)
INTERACTIONS WITH PLATONISM
9. Aristotelianism and Platonism in Nikola Vitov Gucetic’s ‘Dialogo della bellezza’ and ‘Dialogo d’amore’, Maiko Favaro (University of Rome – Sapienza, Italy)
10. Petric’s Nemesis: Aristotle or the Aristotelians?, Luka Boršic (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia)
Bibliography
Index
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