Harmony and Contrast
Plato and Aristotle in the Early Modern Period
Will be published approx. on 27. January 2022
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-0-19-726729-5 (ISBN)
Description
Plato and Aristotle were very much alive between the fifteenth and the seventeenth centuries. The essays in this volume investigate the interaction, both in terms of harmony and contrast, between the two philosophers in early modernity, that is in a time when long-forgotten texts became available and a new philological awareness was on the rise. Dealing with famous and less famous early modern interpreters and philosophers, in a transnational and translinguistic perspective, this volume reveals the agendas behind the discussions on Plato's and Aristotle's philosophies. In studying these texts, it is hard to imagine a more significant collision of big names with big ideas. This project takes us to the centre of the intellectual life of the period and its most exciting debates.
Reviews / Votes
Harmony & Contrast is a coherent volume containing significant contributions to the dynamic way in which Plato and Aristotle were harmonized or set at odds with each other in the Early Modern world, whether as in formal comparatio or as part of various philosophical and philological projects of a newly invigorated Platonism. * Denis J.-J. Robichaud, The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 18 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726729-5 (9780197267295)
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Persons
Anna Corrias is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the University of Toronto, Canada, where she works on the reception of late ancient philosophy in the early modern period, with a special focus on the Platonic tradition. She authored the monograph The Renaissance of Plotinus: The Soul and Human Nature in Marsilio Ficino's Commentary on the "Enneads" (London, 2020), and several articles.
Eva Del Soldato is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Executive Secretary of the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS). Her work focuses mainly on the reception of the Aristotelian and Platonic traditions in the early modern period. Her publications include the monographs Simone Porzio (Rome, 2010) and Early Modern Aristotle (Philadelphia, 2020).
Eva Del Soldato is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Executive Secretary of the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS). Her work focuses mainly on the reception of the Aristotelian and Platonic traditions in the early modern period. Her publications include the monographs Simone Porzio (Rome, 2010) and Early Modern Aristotle (Philadelphia, 2020).
Content
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Ficino and Beyond: Philosophy and Religion
1: STEPHEN GERSH: Styles and Methods of Philosophical Interpretation in Marsilio Ficino's Commentary on Plotinus
2: ANNA CORRIAS: Reading the De Anima with Aristotle's Student: Marsilio Ficino on Theophrastus on the Intellect
3: GUIDO GIGLIONI: Theory and Theurgy, or How Ficino Wished to Dispatch the Averroist Intellect through Platonic Good Works
4: ALLEGRA BAGGIO-CORRADI: The Paduan Philosopher at Prayer: The Continuity of Being in Niccolo Leonico Tomeo's Sadoleto
Part II: Enemies of Plato and Aristotle
5: GEORGE KARAMANOLIS: Pletho and Scholarios on Using and Abusing Plato and Aristotle
6: DOUGLAS HEDLEY: Samuel Parker's Free and Impartial Censure of the Platonick Philosophie
Part III: Academies and Universities
7: CRAIG MARTIN: Interpreting Plato's Geometrical Elements in Renaissance Aristotle Commentaries
8: EVA DEL SOLDATO: Between Past and Present: Paganino Gaudenzi (1595-1649) and the Comparatio Tradition
9: ELEANOR WEBB: Platonic Love and Aristotelian Ethics in Alessandro Piccolomini's Institutione (1542)
10: TOMMASO DE ROBERTIS: Platonic Science in the Vernacular. Sebastiano Erizzo's Italian translation of Plato's Timaeus (1557)
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Ficino and Beyond: Philosophy and Religion
1: STEPHEN GERSH: Styles and Methods of Philosophical Interpretation in Marsilio Ficino's Commentary on Plotinus
2: ANNA CORRIAS: Reading the De Anima with Aristotle's Student: Marsilio Ficino on Theophrastus on the Intellect
3: GUIDO GIGLIONI: Theory and Theurgy, or How Ficino Wished to Dispatch the Averroist Intellect through Platonic Good Works
4: ALLEGRA BAGGIO-CORRADI: The Paduan Philosopher at Prayer: The Continuity of Being in Niccolo Leonico Tomeo's Sadoleto
Part II: Enemies of Plato and Aristotle
5: GEORGE KARAMANOLIS: Pletho and Scholarios on Using and Abusing Plato and Aristotle
6: DOUGLAS HEDLEY: Samuel Parker's Free and Impartial Censure of the Platonick Philosophie
Part III: Academies and Universities
7: CRAIG MARTIN: Interpreting Plato's Geometrical Elements in Renaissance Aristotle Commentaries
8: EVA DEL SOLDATO: Between Past and Present: Paganino Gaudenzi (1595-1649) and the Comparatio Tradition
9: ELEANOR WEBB: Platonic Love and Aristotelian Ethics in Alessandro Piccolomini's Institutione (1542)
10: TOMMASO DE ROBERTIS: Platonic Science in the Vernacular. Sebastiano Erizzo's Italian translation of Plato's Timaeus (1557)
Index