3,698 research outputs found
I “conti di cantiere” di Alessandro Galilei per San Giovanni in Laterano (1731-1738)
No full textI conti di cantiere di Alessandro Galilei per la realizzazione del lato orientale del Palazzo del Laterano
“Materia prima e rationes seminales negli scritti di metafisica di Paolo Veneto”
No full textAlessandro D. Conti
Università dell’Aquila
[email protected]
Materia prima e rationes seminales negli scritti di metafisica di Paolo Veneto
The article deals with the conception of prime matter in Paul of Venice and
the paradox it seems to lead into: on the one hand, the universe, as it is, in its
entirety, has always existed for Paul of Venice, at least virtually and in potency
in the mind of God; on the other hand, prime matter has neither an equivalent
idea in the divine mind nor an actual reality in creation, even though it is (1)
necessary for the existence of the sensible world, (2) the “coffer” in which all the
natural forms that can be generated are kept in potency, and (3) the principle
by which individual substances themselves are brought into being. Through a
study of the ontological status of prime matter in relation to potency and act,
the relationship of prime matter to the rationes seminales it contains, and its role
in the process of individuation, it will be shown that the paradox is only apparent,
since it is the logical consequence of the very essence of prime matter and
the many roles it is deputed to fulfil. In fact, prime matter is both pure potentiality
devoid of any actuality, and the ultimate and universal substratum from
which all the materials of which things are made are drawn – in other words,
it is both pura potentia, when considered in itself, according to its own essence,
and the universal subiectum, with respect to the natural forms which, by uniting
with it, give rise to the various materials of which things are made and to sensible
entities. As a pura potentia, i.e. as the possibility of every possible, it cannot
in any way exist, i.e. be real, because if it came into existence it would cease to
be what it is, the coffer of every possibility. As the receptive substratum of forms,
matter is one of the two main components of the true prototype of the real
(in the sense of existent) entity, i.e. individual substance. In both cases matter
does not need an idea of its own in order to be known by God, but just as (1) it is presupposed by every possible as its general condition of possibility and
(2) it is found to be in other as a substratum structured by a formal principle,
so in other it is known. For these reasons, God does not need a proper idea
of matter to know that it exists and what it is. This is all the more so because
the divine ideas by which God knows everything are, for Paul, ideas of species
specialissimae, and in them God knows genera, as necessary presuppositions of
species, and individuals, as their consequences; but matter is especially bound
up to with genera generalissima, if we consider it as pura potentia, and with substantial
individuals, if we consider it as universal subiectum, and therefore does
not need any other mode of knowledge than that, indirect, of these entities
Grenada. Echoes of Knowledge. Reawakening the National Library
No full textLa ricerca presentata nel Padiglione e nel catalogo si sviluppa attraverso due aree tematiche dedicate al "Simbolo" e al "Meta-progetto", che riflettono prospettive complementari tra pragmatismo e visione teorica.
La sezione "Meta-progetto", tra intelligenza naturale e collettiva, si concentra sulla creazione di un'identità architettonica adatta all'ambiente unico di Grenada, incorporando tecnologie sostenibili e rispettando le esigenze culturali locali.
La seconda sezione, "Il Simbolo", riflette sul ruolo dell'architettura come veicolo di identità, interrogandosi sul significato e sulla funzione dei simboli nel contesto architettonico contemporaneo.
L'architetto grenadiano Irina Kostka Da Silva, fondatrice dell'omonimo studio a St George's, introduce la sezione "Meta-design". Gli architetti e dottori di ricerca italiani Giulia Conti e Alessandro Virgilio Mosetti, direttori scientifici della seconda sezione in mostra, definiscono una prospettiva teorica sul ruolo del simbolo all'interno del linguaggio architettonico
Burley's Commentary on the Politics: Exegetic Techniques and Political Language
No full textAfter having summarized the results of contemporary scholarship, the paper focuses on those features that might have attracted medieval readers, although Burley's expositio is not an original work in the strictest sense of the term. It shoould rather be read in a tradition , and especially on the background of the so-called Aquinas- Peter of Auvergne commentary, which has been identified as its main source. The paper compares methodically Burley's text with ist model, evaluating changes and shifts.
Alessandro D. Conti is the editor of the volume
Il repertorio Van Paassen di congetture a Sofocle: analisi e prospettive
No full textIl presente lavoro analizza il repertorio Van Paassen di congetture a Sofocle, ricostruendone la storia e catalogandone i materiali. Prospetta inoltre una possibile trasformazione del repertorio cartaceo in portale consultabile dalla rete. A seguire vengono analizzati alcuni passi critici dell'Edipo Re sofocleo, studiati nella loro storia critica grazie all'uso del repertorio. Concludono il lavoro alcune conclusioni desunte da tale studio.This papers contain the analysis and history of the Van Paassen repertoir of conjectures to Sophocles. The author then designs a possible creation of an open portal containing the data dr. Vaan Paassen researched, that can be reached via internet. Follows the analysis of some critical passages taken from Sophocles' Edipus Rex, where the aid of the repertoir gives new depth to their critical studies. A brief conclusion about the way conjetcures take life and are transmitted ends the papers
Un bruit assourdissant de musique métallique. La guitare électrique comme modèle: Traduction de l'article de Jacopo Conti
No full text« Un clangore assordante di musica metallica. La chitarra elettrica come modello », article de Jacopo Conti traduit sous le titre « Un bruit assourdissant de musique métallique. La guitare électrique comme modèle », dans Anamorphoses. Etudes sur l’œuvre de Fausto Romitelli, dirigé par Alessandro Arbo, Hermann, Paris, 201
Stacco and Strappo: the idea of Alessandro Conti on detachment techniques
No full textThe problem of detachment of frescoes is discussed in order to verify its feasibility to preserve artistic works at risk or determine a major drawback, resulting in a further damage to the fresco itself. The analysis is performed also from an historical point of view starting from the pioneering work of art historian Alessandro Conti
- …
