Alexander of Aphrodisias in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
By: edited by Pietro B. Rossi, Matteo Di Giovanni, and Andrea A. Robiglio
Contributors: Accattino, Paolo, 1950- honoree
Series: Studia Artistarum : Études sur la faculté des arts dans les universités médiévales -- 45; Studia artistarum -- 45.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers n.v.
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9782503588278; 9782503588285
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Influence; Medieval Philosophy; Renaissance Philosophy; Philosophie médiévale; Philosophie de la Renaissance
Description: "An original thinker in his own right and the greatest ancient commentator on Aristotle, Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. 200 AD) contributed in a crucial way to canonize Aristotle as an indispensable reference for philosophy of all times.The greatest ancient interpreter of Aristotle, Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. 200 AD) exerted a profound and enduring influence upon philosophy from Boethius until the modern era. Alexander's interpretations laid the foundation for multiple philosophical views which were promoted as quintessentially Aristotelian by both Islamic and Latin thinkers throughout the Middle Ages. In the Renaissance, the University of Padua, a leading center of philosophical education and thought, established a scholarly tradition named "Alexandrinism" after him. Paolo Accattino (1950-2015), a distinguished scholar of Alexander, made many noteworthy advancements to the field. With the aim of honoring Accattino's memory, lifelong colleagues and associates P. Donini and L. Bertelli discuss his contributions. They are joined by a cohort of scholars (A. Bertolacci, M. Di Giovanni, J. Biard, A. Corbini, E. Rubino, L. Silvano, B. Bartocci, P.D. Omodeo, F. Iurlaro) who explore various key elements of Alexander's legacy from Ibn Sīnā to Hugo de Groot. The volume presents new understandings concerning the reception of Alexander, offers new lines of inquiry, and opens potential avenues of research regarding his medieval and Renaissance afterlife."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Selection of papers presented at the international conference "Alessandro di Afrodisia nel Medioevo e nel Rinascimento" held at the University of Turin, Palazzo del Rettorato, on October 21-28, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contibutions in English, Italian, or French; abstracts in English.
Table of contents: title: Paolo Accattino lettore della Politica di Aristotele  -- Lucio Bertelli; title: Paolo Accattino interprete del De intellectu di Alessandro di Afrodisia  -- Pier Luigi Donini; title: "The Excellent among the Earlier Scholars". Alexander of Aphrodisias in Avicenna's Metaphysics  -- Amos Bertolacci; title: New Wine in Old Vessels. Alexander of Aphrodisias as a Source for Aver roes' Metaphysics  -- Matteo Di Giovanni; title: L'Alexandrisme comme rationalite philosophique  -- Joël Biard; title: "Alexander of Aphrodisias" in the Medieval Latin Tradition of the Posterior Analytics. Some Remarks  -- Amos Corbini; title: Alberto il Grande e il commento ai Meteorologica di Alessandro di Afrodisia  -- Elisa Rubino; title: (Pseudo-) Alexander of Aphrodisias between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Notes on the Afterlife of the Medical Puzzles and Natural Problems  -- Luigi Silvano; title: Topics and Syllogistic. Agostino Nifo Reading Alexander of Aphrodisias  -- Barbara Bartocci; title: Presence/Absence of Alexander of Aphrodisias in Renaissance Cosmo-Psychology  -- Pietro Daniel Omodeo; title: Hugo Grotius' Translation of Alexander of Aphrodisias' De fato in His Philosophorum sententiae de Fato (1648) -- Francesca Iurlaro.