Early Modern Aristotle : : On the Making and Unmaking of Authority / / Eva Del Soldato.
A reassessment of how the legacy of ancient philosophy functioned in early modern EuropeIn his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle affirms that despite his friendship with Plato, he was a better friend of the truth. With this statement, he rejected his teacher's authority, implying that the pursuit o...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 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 Paradoxes 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
- Acknowledgments