History and theory: the paradox in Francesco Patrizi |
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Authors: | Paul Richard Blum |
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Institution: | 1. Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, USAprblum@loyola.edu |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTPatrizi's Ten Dialogues on History bring the Renaissance humanist discourse on the meaning of history to a new level. First, he emphasizes narrativity as the fundamental structure of history. Then he asks for the essence of history, which hinges on the creativity of the narrator, who organizes the facts to be told. With a focus on the Third Dialogue, we see that, for Patrizi, history is elapsing time preserved beyond time and human knowledge enacted in time or reenacted in events. A theory of history shows that history is the connection between contingency and truth. |
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Keywords: | Francesco Patrizi history theory and philosophy of history Renaissance philosophy (Neo)Platonism |
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