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Revelation and Progress. The Concept of philosophia perennis from Steuco to Leibniz
Full text linkLeibniz’s concept of the history of philosophy is that of a philosophia perennis: The essential truths of philosophy have always been and will always be in the world and can be found in every philosophical system in history. While Leibniz with philosophia perennis takes up a term coined by Agostino Steuco (1497-1548), which stands emblematically for a typical Renaissance topos, he modifies it in a characteristic manner: True philosophy is not, as for the Renaissance authors, revealed by God once and for all in the beginning of the world, but mankind must approach it in a gradual manner. The primordial truths, therefore, are not the ideal form of knowledge, which needs to be preserved, but semina veritatis, which need to grow; Leibniz’s philosophia perennis is thus not a “conservative” conception, but implies eternal progress
L’écho des Pensées de Pascal chez Leopardi
Full text linkThis article explores Pascal’s influence in Leopardi, grounded in his reading ofPensées, which is testified by his Lists of Reading and by his philosophical notebook, the Zibaldone. The article reconstructs the phenomenology of the reading made by Leopardi, but also identifies the themes of Leopardi’s philosophy on which Pascal could have had an influence. Finally, through philological and philosophical analysis, the article highlights the stylistic influence of Pascal on Leopardi
Atticus on the Status of Platonic Ideas
Full text linkAtticus’ fragments clearly testify that his commitment to a literal interpretation of the Timaeus along the lines of the craftsman model. Atticus assumed the three-principled theory according to which God, ideas-paradigms, and matter are the ‘causes’ of the sensible world. Nevertheless, the role of the παράδειγμα within metaphysical reality is difficult to define, especially because when Atticus refers to ideas, he seems to support, on one hand, the idea that Forms coincide to god’s thoughts but, on the other hand, he seems to refuse this identification. This issue is complicated by the fact that Atticus refers to ideas as παραίτια (collateral causes: fr. 9). This expression doesn’t allude to a downgrading of ideas – as some scholars have argued – but it regards only the cosmological causation
Le fonti del vocabolario teologico delle Epistole dello pseudo-Dionigi Areopagita
No full textWhat reveals the language of the corpus Areopagiticum that we can use to determine its origin? Is it possible to detect specific words or lexical clusters which help situate the Sitz im Leben of the corpus within a specific theological school or movement? This study investigates these questions: through an analysis of pseudo-Dionysius’ vocabulary and syntagmata in the Epistulae, this study will trace the theological sources that shaped and nurtured pseudo-Dionysius’ thought