Governing the passions: Sketches on Lodovico Antonio Muratori's moral philosophy |
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Authors: | Chiara Continisio |
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Institution: | aIstituto di Storia moderna e contemporanea, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milan, Italy |
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Abstract: | Muratori has often been portrayed as a moral philosopher who represented the traditional neo-Aristotelian mainstream of Italian intellectual life in the early part of the eighteenth century. His loyalty to Christianity as a basis from which societies ought to be reformed has determined his reputation as a ‘pre-enlightened’ thinker. Yet, it is argued here that not only was Muratori very much in touch with the state of the art of early eighteenth-century moral philosophy, but also that he was really a historian with political interests who came to develop a renewed Christian moral philosophy as a tool to respond to the political challenges of the time. Fallen man's preference for self-preservation to natural freedom prepared him for engaging in increasingly sociable contexts that required further self-disciplining and moral improvement. Thus, man cultivated his fallen condition into prudence and ultimately developed a capacity both for charity and for functioning in modern commercial societies. |
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Keywords: | Muratori Modena Passions Prudence Justice Charity Public happiness |
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