Greeks and Latins in Renaissance Italy

Studies on Humanism and Philosophy in the 15th Century

John Monfasani

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000939378
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The twelve essays in this new collection by John Monfasani examine how, in particular cases, Greek émigrés, Italian humanists, and Latin scholastics reacted with each other in surprising and important ways. After an opening assessment of Greek migration to Renaissance Italy, the essays range from the Averroism of John Argyropoulos and the capacity of Nicholas of Cusa to translate Greek, to Marsilio Ficino's position in the Plato-Aristotle controversy and the absence of Ockhamists in Renaissance Italy. Theodore Gaza receives special attention in his roles as translator, teacher, and philosopher, as does Lorenzo Valla for his philosophy, theology, and historical ideas. Finally, the life and writings of a protégé of Cardinal Bessarion, the Dominican friar Giovanni Gatti, come in for their first extensive study.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• I Greek Renaissance Migrations
• II The Averroism of John Argyropoulos and His
• III L'insegnamento di Teodoro Gaza a Ferrara
• IV Theodore Gaza as a Philosopher: A Preliminary Survey
• V Greek and Latin Learning in Theodore Gaza's Antirrheticon
• VI The Pseudo-Aristotelian Problemata and Aristotle's De Animalibus in the Renaissance
• VII Giovanni Gatti of Messina: A Profile and an Unedited Text
• VIII Nicholas of Cusa, the Byzantines, and the Greek Language
• IX Marsilio Ficino and the Plato-Aristotle Controversy
• X Aristotelians, Platonists, and the Missing Ockhamists: Philosophical Liberty in Pre-Reformation Italy
• XI The Theology of Lorenzo Valla
• XII Disputationes Vallianae
• Addenda and Corrigenda
• Index of Names
• Index of Manuscripts