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The Philosophical Systems of Francesco Patrizi and Henry More (2019)

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This paper presents a comparison of the philosophical systems of Francesco Patrizi and Henry More. The point, however, is not to demonstrate Patrizi’s influence on More but rather to see how, with respect to some particular subjects, they both tried to offer a modern interpretation of Neoplatonism. The main axis of the analysis follows the topics of space, light, and soul. While to More, light is of merely marginal interest, it is demonstrated that space and soul are of crucial importance and play a similar role in both authors’ systems. They function as intermediary entities that link the higher and the lower reality and form a sort of canvas upon which the material world unfolds. Yet, in comparison with Patrizi, More’s system is both constrained by a much stricter, dualistic classification and at the same time veers dangerously close to immanentism and pantheism (which More tries to avoid).

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Authors & Contributors
Blank, Andreas
Henry, John
Regier, Jonathan
Edelheit, Amos
Edwards, Michael
Gómez López, Susana
Journals
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Intellectual History Review
Publishers
Ashgate Publishing
D.S. Brewer
Springer
Concepts
Natural philosophy
Neoplatonism
Soul (philosophy)
Philosophy
Physics
Light
People
More, Henry
Patrizi, Francesco
Liceti, Fortunio
Gassendi, Pierre
Aristotle
Boyle, Robert
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Early modern
18th century
Renaissance
15th century
Places
Italy
Europe
France
England
Germany
Spain
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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