Obiettivo 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. Campo scientifico scienze umanistichestoria e archeologiastoriascienze umanistichelingue e letteraturastudi letterarigeneri letterarisaggiscienze umanistichefilosofia, etica e religionefilosofiastoria della filosofiafilosofia modernascienze umanistichefilosofia, etica e religionefilosofiametafisicascienze naturalimatematica Programma(i) 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) Argomento(i) ERC-SG-SH5 - ERC Starting Grant - Cultures and cultural production Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2013-StG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Coordinatore UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA Indirizzo Dorsoduro 3246 30123 Venezia Italia Mostra sulla mappa Regione Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Alessandra Pellin (Dr.) Ricercatore principale Marco Sgarbi (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Contributo UE € 748 400,00 Beneficiari (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA Italia Contributo UE € 748 400,00 Indirizzo Dorsoduro 3246 30123 Venezia Mostra sulla mappa Regione Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Alessandra Pellin (Dr.) Ricercatore principale Marco Sgarbi (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Regno Unito Contributo UE € 734 780,00 Indirizzo Kirby corner road - university house CV4 8UW Coventry Mostra sulla mappa Regione West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Jane Prewett (Mrs.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window
