Vernacular Aristotelianism in Italy from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century

This volume isbased on an international colloquium held at the Warburg Institute, London,on 21-2 June 2013, and entitled `Philosophy and Knowledge in the Renaissance:Interpreting Aristotle in the Vernacular'. It situates and explores vernacularAristotelianism in a broad chronological context, with a geographical focus onItaly. The disciplines covered include political thought, ethics, poetics,rhetoric, logic, natural philosophy, cosmology, meteorology and metaphysics;and among the genres considered are translations, popularizing commentaries, dialoguesand works targeted at women. The wide-ranging and rich material presented inthe volume is intended to stimulate scholars to develop this promising area ofresearch still further.Table of Contents:Preface (pp. ix-x)Introduction (pp. 1-5) LucaBianchi, Simon Gilson and Jill KrayeGiles of Rome's De regimine principum and the Vernacular Translations: TheReception of the Aristotelian Tradition and the Problem of Courtesy (pp. 7-29) Fiammetta PapiUses of Latin Sources in RenaissanceVernacularization of Aristotle: The Case of Galeazzo Florimonte, FrancescoVenier and Francesco Pona (pp. 31-55) Luca BianchiAlessandro Piccolomini's Mission: Philosophyfor Men and Women in their Mother Tongue (pp. 57-73) LetiziaPanizzaFrancesco Robortello on Popularizing Knowledge(75-92) MarcoSgarbiAristotelian Commentaries and the Dialogue Formin Cinquecento Italy (pp. 93-107) EugenioRefiniAristotle's Politicsin the Dialogi della morale filosofiaof Antonio Brucioli (pp. 109-122) GraceAllen`The best works of Aristotle': Antonio Bruciolias a Translator of Natural Philosophy (pp. 123-138) EvaDel SoldatoVernacular Meteorology and the Antiquity of theEarth in Medieval and Renaissance Italy (pp. 139-159) IvanoDal PreteVernacularizing Meteorology: Benedetto Varchi'sComento sopra il primo libro delle Meteored'Aristotile (pp. 161-181) SimonGilsonBartolomeo Beverini (1629-1686) e una versioneinedita della Metafisica diAristotele (pp. 183-208) CorinnaOnelliIndex of Manuscripts and Incunables (p. 209)Indexof Names (pp. 210-216)