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Early modern Aristotle : on the making and unmaking of authority /

"This book investigates the use and abuse of Aristotle's authority in the early modern period, from both a transnational and an interdisciplinary perspective. Indeed, for as long as he maintained an institutional presence in universities and academies, Aristotle was invoked in writings and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Del Soldato, Eva (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Comparing philosophers: how to elevate or undermine an authority
  • Chapter 2. Comparationes and external aids
  • Chapter 3. Learning, protecting, advertising: comparationes in university halls
  • Chapter 4. Customizing authorities: legends, anecdotes, fictions
  • Chapter 5. If Aristotle were alive, or the paradoxical ways of authority
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. Preface by Alfonso Pandolfi to his Comparatio
  • Appendix B. Federico Pendasio's Comparatio
  • Appendix C. Skeptical attitudes toward philosophical concordiae
  • Appendix D. Francesco Vimercato's De Dogmatibus
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgements.