| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 treatises that made use of his authority, sometimes through manipulations of his philosophical doctrines, mental experiments, and fanciful narratives of his life"-- Provided by publisher |
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In Early Modern Aristotle, Eva Del Soldato examines treatises, legends, proverbs, fictions, and rhetorical tropes to trace how recourse to the authority of Aristotle shaped intellectual discourse even during a period that challenged and overturned much of his teaching |
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European History |
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History |
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
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Philosophy |
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World History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aristotle -- Influence -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Aristotle -- Influence -- History
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Aristotle fast |
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Authority -- History
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Learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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Authority
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Learning and scholarship
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0812296826 |
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9780812296822 |
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