This 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.

Francesco Patrizi da Cherso and the anti-Aristotelian tradition : Interpreting the Discussiones Peripateticae (1581) / S. Gulizia. - In: INTELLECTUAL HISTORY REVIEW. - ISSN 1749-6985. - 29:4(2019), pp. 561-573. [10.1080/17496977.2019.1673532]

Francesco Patrizi da Cherso and the anti-Aristotelian tradition : Interpreting the Discussiones Peripateticae (1581)

S. Gulizia
2019

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This 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.
Aristotelianism; Discussiones Peripateticae; doxography; Francesco Patrizi da Cherso; Gian Vincenzo Pinelli; Neo-Platonism
Settore M-STO/05 - Storia della Scienza e delle Tecniche
2019
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