Book ID: CBB669008589

Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance Reformer of Aristotelianism: A Study of His Exotericae Exercitationes (2016)

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Sakamoto, Kuni (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 221 pages
Language: English

This monograph is the first to analyze Julius Caesar Scaliger's Exotericae Exercitationes (1557). Though hardly read today, the Exercitationes was one of the most successful philosophical treatises of the time, attracting considerable attention from many intellectuals with multifaceted religious and philosophical orientations. In order to make this massive late-Renaissance work accessible to modern readers, Kuni Sakamoto conducted a detailed textual analysis and revealed the basic tenets of Scaliger's philosophy. His analysis also enabled him to clarify the historical provenance of Scaliger's Aristotelianism and the way it subsequently influenced some of the protagonists of the "New Philosophy." The author thus bridges the historiographical gap between studies of Renaissance philosophy and those of the seventeenth-century.

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Review Luís Miguel Carolino (2018) Review of "Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance Reformer of Aristotelianism: A Study of His Exotericae Exercitationes". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 515-518). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gulizia, Stefano
Maria Antonia Rancadore
Ward, Ann
Roudaut, François
Rossi, Paolo Aldo
Popkin, Richard Henry
Journals
Intellectual History Review
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Renaissance Quarterly
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Journal of the History of Ideas
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Publishers
State University of New York at Binghamton
University of Notre Dame Press
University of Chicago Press
Lexington Books
Leo S. Olschki Editore
Leo S. Olschki
Concepts
Philosophy
Aristotelianism
Philosophy of science
Natural philosophy
Platonism
Philosophy and religion
People
Aristotle
Patrizi, Francesco
Descartes, René
Bacon, Francis, 1st Baron Verulam
Feyens, Thomas
Scaliger, Julius Caesar
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Renaissance
15th century
Medieval
Ancient
Places
Italy
Europe
France
Toulouse (France)
Florence (Italy)
Institutions
Università di Padova
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