Objective From the twelfth to the seventeenth century, Aristotle’s writings lay at the foundation of Western culture, providing a body of knowledge and a set of analytical tools applicable to all areas of human investigation. Scholars of the Renaissance have emphasized the remarkable longevity and versatility of Aristotelianism, but their attention has remained firmly, and almost exclusively, fixed on the transmission of Aristotle’s works in Latin. Scarce attention has gone to works in the vernacular. Nonetheless, several important Renaissance figures wished to make Aristotle’s works accessible and available outside the narrow circle of professional philosophers and university professors. They believed that his works could provide essential knowledge to a broad set of readers, and embarked on an intense programme of translation and commentary to see this happen. It is the argument of this project that vernacular Aristotelianism made fundamental contributions to the thought of the period, anticipating many of the features of early modern philosophy and contributing to a new encyclopaedia of knowledge. Our project aims to offer the first detailed and comprehensive study of the vernacular diffusion of Aristotle through a series of analyses of its main texts. We will thus study works that fall within the two main Renaissance divisions of speculative philosophy (metaphysics, natural philosophy, mathematics, and logic) and civil philosophy (ethics, politics, rhetoric, and poetics). We will give strong attention to the contextualization of the texts they examine, as is standard practice in the best kind of intellectual history, focusing on institutional contexts, reading publics, the value of the vernacular, new visions of knowledge and eclecticism. With the work of the PI, two professors, 5 post-docs and two PhD students we aim to make considerable advances in the understanding of both speculative and civil philosophy within vernacular Aristotelianism. Fields of science humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryhumanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studiesliterary genresessayshumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophyhistory of philosophymodern philosophyhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophymetaphysicsnatural sciencesmathematics Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-SH5 - ERC Starting Grant - Cultures and cultural production Call for proposal ERC-2013-StG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Host institution UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA EU contribution € 748 400,00 Address DORSODURO 3246 30123 Venezia Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alessandra Pellin (Dr.) Principal investigator Marco Sgarbi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA Italy EU contribution € 748 400,00 Address DORSODURO 3246 30123 Venezia See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alessandra Pellin (Dr.) Principal investigator Marco Sgarbi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK United Kingdom EU contribution € 734 780,00 Address Kirby Corner Road - University House CV4 8UW Coventry See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jane Prewett (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data