Two Aristotelians of the Italian Renaissance
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Aristoteles
Aristotelian psychology
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Averroism critique
ca. 1473-1545
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Greek commentators Aristotle
Italian
Italian Renaissance intellectual history
medieval scholasticism
metaphysics of soul
Nicoletto
Nifo
Philosophy
Renaissance
Renaissance philosophy
Vernia
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- ISBN 9780860788287
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 29 Dec 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Edward P. Mahoney, Duke University, USA
