Two Aristotelians of the Italian Renaissance
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Two Aristotelians of the Italian Renaissance

Nicoletto Vernia and Agostino Nifo

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Two Aristotelians of the Italian Renaissance

Nicoletto Vernia and Agostino Nifo

About this book

This volume deals with the psychological, metaphysical and scientific ideas of two major and influential Aristotelian philosophers of the Italian Renaissance - Nicoletto Vernia (d. 1499) and Agostino Nifo (ca 1470-1538) - whose careers must be seen as inter-related. Both began by holding Averroes to be the true interpreter of Aristotle's thought, but were influenced by the work of humanists, such as Ermolao Barbaro, though to a different degree. Translations of the Greek commentators on Aristotle (Alexander of Aphrodisias, Themistius and Simplicius) provided them with new material and new ways of understanding Aristotle - Nifo even put himself to learning Greek - and led them to abandon Averroes, especially as regards his views on the soul and intellect. Nevertheless, both Vernia and Nifo engaged seriously with the thought of medieval scholars such as Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas and John of Jandun. Both also showed interest in their celebrated contemporary, Marsilio Ficino.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780860788287
eBook ISBN
9781040242148
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. I Philosophy and Science in Nicoletto Vernia and Agostino Nifo
  10. II Marsilio Ficino's Influence on Nicoletto Vernia, Agostino Nifo and Marcantonio Zimara
  11. III Nicoletto Vernia on the Soul and Immortality
  12. IV Nicoletto Vernia's Annotations on John of Jandun's De anima
  13. V Plato and Aristotle in the Thought of Agostino Nifo (ca. 1470-1538)
  14. VI Agostino Nifo and Neoplatonism
  15. VII Agostino Nifo's Early Views on Immortality
  16. VIII Agostino Nifo's De sensu agente
  17. IX Antonio Trombetta and Agostino Nifo on Averroes and Intelligible Species: A Philosophical Dispute at the University of Padua
  18. X Pier Nicola Castellani and Agostino Nifo on Averroes' Doctrine of the Agent Intellect
  19. XI Agostino Nifo and Saint Thomas Aquinas
  20. XII John of Jandun and Agostino Nifo on Human Felicity (status)
  21. Index Manuscriptorum
  22. Index