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From the twelfth to the seventeenth century, Aristotle’s writings lay at the foundation of Western culture, providing a body of knowledge and a set of analytical tools applicable to all areas of human investigation. Scholars of the Renaissance have emphasized the remarkable longevity and versatility of Aristotelianism, but they have mainly focused on the Latin tradition. Scarce, if any, attention has gone to vernacular works. Nonetheless, several important Renaissance figures wished to make Aristotle’s works accessible and available outside the narrow circle of professional philosophers and university professors to a broad set of readers. The thesis underpinning this book is that Italian vernacular Aristotelianism, especially in the field of logic, made fundamental contributions to the thought of the period, anticipating many of the features of early modern philosophy and contributing to a new conception of knowledge.

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Author:   Marco Sgarbi
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.533kg
ISBN:  

9789004264090

ISBN 10:   9004264094
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 February 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ..... vii Sources and Abbreviations ... ix 1. Introduction .... 1 Logic in Context ... 1 Vernacular in Context ..... 10 Prospectus ... 19 2. Language, Vernacular and Philosophy .... 23 Res vs. Verba .... 23 The Shadow of Pomponazzi ..... 31 The Accademia degli Infiammati ..... 41 3. Sperone Speroni between Language and Logic ..... 45 Wisdom and Eloquence .... 45 Speroni's Pomponazzi ..... 58 Speroni's Most Loyal Disciple: Bernardino Tomitano ... 65 4. Benedetto Varchi and the Idea of a Vernacular Logic (1540) .... 71 Aristotelian Anthropology ... 71 Varchi's Logical Library ..... 79 Varchi's Logic at the Accademia degli Infiammati ... 81 The Universals .... 106 Method and Order ..... 111 An Anonymous Dialogue ..... 120 5. Antonio Tridapale and the First Vernacular Logic (1547) .... 127 Antonio Tridapale and Knowledge as Power .... 127 The Elements of Logic .... 133 The Operations of Logic .... 142 6. Nicolo Massa's Logic for Natural Philosophy (1549) ... 154 Nicolo Massa between Philosophy and Medicine .... 154 The Elements of Argumentation ... 158 Scientific Demonstration ..... 158 7. Alessandro Piccolomini's Instrument of Philosophy (1551) ..... 175 Piccolomini in Padua ... 175 A New Instrument ... 186 The Structure of Logic .... 195 Logic for Natural Philosophy .... 205 8. Conclusion .... 213 Vernacular and Logic ... 213 The Logician in the Printing Presses ..... 219 Bibliography ... 229 Index ..... 241

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Marco Sgarbi is the Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant 2013 ""Aristotle in the Italian Vernacular: Rethinking Renaissance and Early-Modern Intellectual History (c. 1400-c. 1650)"". He has published monographs on the impact of Aristotelianism on the making of Renaissance and early-modern philosophy, focusing on British Empiricism and Kantian Philosophy. He edited for Brill Translatio Studiorum. Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Bearers of Intellectual History (2012).

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