Traditionally, gravitas denotes the inner source of movement towards the center of the universe. In the mediaeval Latin tradition, the chief problem was to fit this notion within a coherent Aristotelian framework. As philosophers in the Renaissance begin to breach the constraints of Aristotelian natural philosophy, we see diverse attempts to conceive gravitas as a force also responsible for natural phenomena such as tides and free fall acceleration. The coexistence in the Renaissance of different Aristotelian and non-Aristotelian concepts of gravitas makes the latter a polysemic scientific term, whose meaning can be determined only after careful examination of the context in which it was employed.
Gravitas, Renaissance Concept of / I. Malara - In: Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy / [a cura di] Marco Sgarbi. - Prima edizione. - [s.l] : Springer, 2020. - ISBN 9783319028484. - pp. 1-4 [10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_260-1]
Gravitas, Renaissance Concept of
I. Malara
2020
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Traditionally, gravitas denotes the inner source of movement towards the center of the universe. In the mediaeval Latin tradition, the chief problem was to fit this notion within a coherent Aristotelian framework. As philosophers in the Renaissance begin to breach the constraints of Aristotelian natural philosophy, we see diverse attempts to conceive gravitas as a force also responsible for natural phenomena such as tides and free fall acceleration. The coexistence in the Renaissance of different Aristotelian and non-Aristotelian concepts of gravitas makes the latter a polysemic scientific term, whose meaning can be determined only after careful examination of the context in which it was employed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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