Pietro Pomponazzi and the Renaissance Theory of the Elements

Name: Pietro Pomponazzi and the Renaissance Theory of the Elements
Author: Luca Burzelli

A Study with Editions of Unpublished Texts

Specificaties

Gebonden, 335 blz. | EN

Leuven University Press | 1e druk, 2024

ISBN13: 9789462704152

Rubricering

Hoofdrubriek : Filosofie

Juridisch :

Leuven University Press 1e druk, 2024 9789462704152

Onderdeel van serie Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1

€ 85,00

In winkelwagen

Op voorraad

Vandaag voor 23:00 besteld, woensdag in huis

Gratis verzonden

Samenvatting

In medieval and early modern natural philosophy, very few issues were as controversial as the nature of the elements. From the thirteenth up until the sixteenth century, European thinkers discussed this problem with growing interest. Defining the nature of the elements was key to deciphering the very structure of the universe and the essence of things. Along with five primary texts, here edited for the first time, this book discusses one of the most original contributions to this debate, that of Renaissance philosopher Pietro Pomponazzi (d. 1525). Pomponazzi’s account, developed in university lectures, holds significance for two reasons. First, it provides a thorough description of the most influential doctrines on the elements presented by medieval scholars, opening a window onto three hundred years of prior discussions on the topic. Second, Pomponazzi also develops his own views on the issue, explicitly defining them as ‘heretical’ to emphasise his departure from all opinions expressed before him.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9789462704152

Taal:EN

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:335

Uitgever:Leuven University Press

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:24-7-2024

Hoofdrubriek:Filosofie

Serie:Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1

Inhoudsopgave

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Part One – Essay

I Historical background
1. The elements from antiquity to the Middle Ages
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Aristotle on elements and mixtures
1.3 Towards the medieval debate: intellectuals and methods
2. Four main theories of the elements in the Middle Ages
2.1 Alexander of Aphrodisias
2.2 Avicenna
2.3 Averroes
2.4 The Common Opinion
3. The status quaestionis on the elements at the turn of fifteenth and sixteenth century

II Pietro Pomponazzi on the elements
1. Stages of Pomponazzi’s teaching on the elements
2. Pomponazzi’s reconstruction of the medieval debate
3. The interpretation of Avicenna
3.1 Exposition and sources
3.2 Pomponazzi vs Avicenna
4. The interpretation of Averroes and the Averroists
4.1 Exposition and sources
4.2 Pomponazzi vs Averroes
4.3 The comparison with Averroes in the single quaestio (T.6)
4.4 Concluding remarks
5. The Common Opinion
5.1 Exposition and sources
5.2 Pomponazzi vs the Common Opinion
5.3 Final remarks on the Common Opinion
6. Pomponazzi on the elements
6.1 The mixing process and the genesis of mixtures
6.2 Pomponazzi’s sources
6.3 Solution of the aporias of the Common Opinion
6.4 Classification of mixtures
6.5 Final conjectures on mixtures
6.6 An overall judgement

III Philological and stylistic aspects of the Edition
1. The present edition: texts and copyists
2. Recensio codicum
3. Descriptio codicum
3.1 Text 1 (Winter 1520/21)
3.2 Texts 2–3 (Winter 1521/22)
3.3 Text 4 (November 1523)
3.4 Text 5 (April 1525)
3.5 Text 6 (uncertain date)
4. Stylistic aspects of Pomponazzi’s lectures
4.1 In between a commentary and a treatise
4.2 Structure of the quaestiones
4.3 Teaching devices
5. The Critical Editions

Part two – Texts

I. Text 1 – Excerpts from the lecture on De coelo III
II. Text 2 – Excerpts from the lecture on De generatione et corruptione I
III. Text 3 – Excerpts from the lecture on De generatione et corruptione II
IV. Text 4 – Excerpts from the lecture on Meteora IV
V. Text 5 – Excerpts from the lecture on De sensu et sensato
VI Text 6 – Quaestio de remanentia elementorum in mixto

Major dates in the life of Pietro Pomponazzi
Bibliography
Indexes