The Reception of John Philoponus' Natural Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

Aristotelian Science From Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
Redaktion: Vimercati, Emmanuele

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c. 490-570 CE) confronts numerous aspects of Aristotle's philosophy and science. Yet the influence of these reinterpretations and critiques remains under-examined. This volume fills this gap by uncovering the considerable impact of Philoponus' natural philosophy in both the medieval and Renaissance periods.

Divided into three parts, the first part of the volume introduces central concepts in Philoponus' philosophy. Highlighting the areas of crossover as well as of disagreement with Aristotle, chapters dedicate specific attention to Philoponus' theories of place, matter and vacuum; his ideas of motion; his discussion of the heavens and the fifth element; and his anthropology. This is followed, in parts two and three, by a focus on Philoponus' reception in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance respectively. Shedding light on the scientific ideas circulating in these periods, international experts explore a range of topics from the renewal of Aristotelianism in the Arab world, through the medieval Byzantine and Latin traditions, to Philoponus' appearance in the early works of Galileo.

Engaging with a number of Philoponus' key tracts, The Reception of John Philoponus' Natural Philosophy is both a much-needed study of Philoponus' influence and a revealing analysis of how Aristotelian science was received, adapted, critiqued and mediated throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350416291
• Artikelnr.: 72252274

Autorenporträt

Emmanuele Vimercati is Professor of History of Ancient Philosophy at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, Italy. His previous titles include Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020), co-edited with R. Brouwer, and Nicholas of Cusa and the Aristotelian Tradition. A Philosophical and Theological Survey (2020), co-edited with V. Zaffino.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Emmanuele Vimercati (Pontifical Lateran University
Rome
Italy) Part I: Late Antiquity (and Its Legacy) 1. John Philoponus' Absolute Place and Its Reception by Francisco of Toledo
Ioannis Papachristou (National and Kapodistrian University
Athens
Greece) 2. Philoponus on Natural and Impressed Power
Emmanuele Vimercati (Pontifical Lateran University
Rome
Italy) 3. Philoponus on the Nature of the Heavens. Revisiting Some Old Debates
Marc-Antoine Gavray (University of Liège
Belgium) 4. John Philoponus on Being Human
Mark Edwards (University of Oxford
UK) Part II: The Medieval Tradition 5. Proclus
Philoponus and the Brethren of Purity on the Eternity of the World
Carmela Baffioni (University of Naples - L'Orientale
Italy) 6. Averroes as Critic and Continuator within the Heritage of Philoponus' Philosophical Theology
David Twetten (Marquette University
USA) 7. Philoponus' Natural Philosophy in the Medieval Byzantine World: Psychological and Cosmological Debates
Tommaso De Robertis (University of Macerata
Italy and University of Toronto
Canada) 8. Philoponus and the Renewal of Aristotelian Cosmology in the Late Latin Middle Ages
Alessandro Ghisalberti (Catholic University
Milan
Italy) Part III: Renaissance 9. Why Aristotle? Patterns in Renaissance Philosophy
Paul Richard Blum (Loyola University Maryland
USA and Palacký University Olomouc
Czech Republic) 10. Philoponus' Metaphysical Cosmology in Renaissance Debates
Pietro Daniel Omodeo (University "Ca' Foscari"
Venice
Italy) 11. Francesco Piccolomini (1523-1607) and Giacomo Zabarella (1533-1589) on Philoponus' Definition of Prime Matter
Antonio Petagine (University of Roma Tre
Italy) 12. Philoponus' Contribution to Copernicus' Doctrine of Gravity
Dilwyn Knox (University College London
UK) 13. Philoponus in Galileo's Early Works
Flavia Marcacci (University of Urbino "Carlo Bo"
Italy) Index