Francesco Patrizi da Cherso and the anti-Aristotelian tradition: interpreting the Discussiones Peripateticae (1581) |
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Authors: | Stefano Gulizia |
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Institution: | 1. Polish Institute of Advanced Studies, Warsaw, Polandsgulizia@gmail.com |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis paper tries to present a different view of Francesco Patrizi’s anti-Aristotelian philology such as it transpires in his masterful monograph of 1581, the Discussiones Peripateticae, the influence of which was widely felt in seventeenth-century Europe. The book is the product of a learned, Hellenizing, and deeply inspired critique of a major doctrinal corpus from classical antiquity, and it is usually taken as a stepping stone in a self-righteous fight by “modern” philosophers to replace Aristotelianism as the dominant academic system. This essay is revisionist on the second of these accounts. |
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Keywords: | Francesco Patrizi da Cherso Gian Vincenzo Pinelli Discussiones Peripateticae Aristotelianism Neo-Platonism doxography |
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