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Co władca powinien wiedzieć o władaniu – według egipskich mędrców i Niccolò Machiavellego
No full textThe paper studies the thought of Ancient Egypt in the context of Niccolò Machiavelli’s work entitled The Prince, which has not yet been examined in the context of political philosophy. The author outlines many similarities between the texts and their authors’ honest and substantive approach to the subject discussed. It seems that through the realistic presentation of selected aspects of power, these works are practical guides for the authorities rather than only postulates regarding the functioning of the state and the ruler. At the same time, the author of the article seeks to stress the value of these works which express the political thought of their time and contain some universal observations
Recepcja pism Niccolò Machiavellego w twórczości literackiej Andrzeja Maksymiliana Fredry
Get PDFIn this article I will try to show to what extent the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli influenced the literary work of Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro. It is worth mentioning that the political thought of the author of The Prince was widely known among the Polish intellectual elite in the 17th century. However, in the old Poland, the Florentine was increasingly criticized, as he was believed to promote a type of politics full of falsehood and cynicism. In his works, Fredro did not perceive Machiavelli in this way. He was referring to the ideas contained in two works – different in content – by the Florentine secretary: The Prince and Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius.W niniejszym artykule postaram się ukazać, w jakim stopniu pisma Niccolò Machiavellego oddziaływały na twórczość literacką Andrzeja Maksymiliana Fredry. Warto wspomnieć, że myśl polityczna autora Księcia była w XVII w. rozpowszechniona wśród polskiej elity umysłowej. Jednak w dawnej Polsce coraz częściej krytykowano Florentczyka, uważając, iż propaguje typ polityki przepełnionej fałszem i cynizmem. Fredro w swoich dziełach nie postrzegał w ten sposób Machiavellego. Odnosił się bowiem do idei zawartych w dwóch – różnych pod względem treści – dziełach florenckiego sekretarza: Księciu oraz Rozważaniach nad pierwszym dziesięcioksięgiem historii Rzymu Liwiusza
In Praise For Monstrosities. The Case of Niccolò Machiavelli
No full textIn the paper author refers to the passage from The Prince of Niccolò Machiavelli, in which the famous Florentine says that there are two kinds of combat: one with laws, the other with force. Author defend the claim that by writing this, Machiavelli opened up a new and still unused way of thinking about nature-culture relationship. A follower of this way of thinking withdraws from saying that nature is surpassed by culture, or that nature is nothing else but a subject of an on-going human speculation, and rebuts the sole hypothesis that what there is, is nothing but nature. Modern Western culture entrusted its key opposition to the nature-culture relationship. By and large, political philosophy is a story about surpassing the nature in order to establish a state under the rule of law. According to Machiavelli, the juxtaposition of nature and culture, the narrative on surpassing by politics the laws of nature, just as well as the narrative on us being stuck in it, are all utterly wrong. Accepting the ambiguity of the opposition between nature and culture and assuming that the social contract is indeed fictitious, author would like to question Machiavelli about his vision of subjectivity and politics in a world where “natural objects” appear to be socialized, and “cultural subjects” appear to be dissocial. In the way author puts the question: does Machiavelli recommend monstrosity by writing stories in praise of monstrosity as it may well seem
Per un'edizione delle postille di Niccolò Tommaseo alla Crusca veronese del Cesari
Get PDFThis article examines the handwritten annotations made by Niccolò Tommaseo in the first volume of the Crusca veronese edited by Abbot Antonio Cesari. It retraces the research process carried out by the author, with particular attention to the transcription and analysis of these annotations, aiming to reconstruct the Dalmatian scholar's linguistic reflections and lexicographic methods. The study highlights the systematic nature of Tommaseo's annotations and connects them to his later lexicographic works, such as the Nuovo dizionario de' sinonimi and the Dizionario della lingua italiana. Finally, the article presents a sample critical edition of selected annotations, accompanied by a discussion of the editorial criteria applied
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Get PDFL’autore risponde alle riflessioni di Giampiero Moretti e Niccolò Scaffai sul suo Manifesto.The author replies to Giampiero Moretti’s and Niccolò Scaffai’s reflections on his Manifesto
Citazioni in cornice. Autori visibili e autori invisibili nel novelliere di Niccolò Granucci
No full textL'articolo analizza le citazioni utilizzate da Niccolò Granucci nella raccolta di novelle La piacevol notte e 'l lieto giorno (1574). Si tratta di citazioni dirette, tratte spesso da testi poetici, ma anche di citazioni mascherate di autori ben noti (Ariosto, Boccaccio, Castiglione). Ci sono infine citazioni fuorvianti,alle quali viene attribuita una paternità almeno in parte ingannevole. Le diverse modalità citazionali di Granucci dipendono dalla suadifferenziata percezione delle proprie fonti, che comprendono sì i rappresentanti dell'alta letteratura, ma anche pagine secondarie considerate come puro materiale di lavoro.The paper examines the use of quotes in the collection of tales La piacevol notte e 'l lieto giorno (1574) by Niccolò Granucci. The author spans from direct references, often from poetic texts, to rewritings of well-known authors (Ariosto, Boccaccio, Castiglione). There are also some deceptive quotations, whose paternity is consciously misleading. The peculiar way of quoting depends on Granucci's perception of his sources, which include high literature as well as excerpts merely considered as working materials
Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies
No full textThis article examines the late-medieval plague tractate by Augustine of Trento, an Augustinian friar who addressed the matter of plague before the Black Death of 1347/1348. I will investigate Augustine’s astrological approach to the prognostication, prevention, and cure of the plague epidemic. Further, I will compare his work to the Compendium medicinalis astrologiae, composed by the Dominican Niccolò de Paganica in 1330, and to the consilia produced by the master of medicine Gentile da Foligno in 1348. This double comparison will help to better understand the shared intellectual milieu and the different approaches of these three authors
La Quadriga spirituale e la Quadriga litteralis di Niccolò da Osimo: intertestualità e riscrittura
No full textAbstract in italianoL’articolo revisiona l’opera e la figura del frate minore osservante Niccolò da Osimo (1370-1453) concentrandosi sulla rivalutazione di due opere centrali di questo autore: la Quadriga spirituale e la Quadriga litteralis. In base all’esame e all’analisi dei manoscritti che tramandano le due opere del frate osimano, si propongono dati inediti sulla loro composizione e sulla biografia dell’autore. Lo studio dei testi presi in esame si serve della terminologia sviluppata dalla critica letteraria, in particolare quella di Gérard Genette, intorno alla riscrittura e all’intertestualità. Il contributo mette in evidenza i rapporti intertestuali tra le due opere maggiori e tra queste e altre opere minori, composte per promuovere la disciplina religiosa e la preparazione teologico-morale dei frati osservanti.Abstract in EnglishThis article reviews the work and figure of the Franciscan Observant friar Niccolò da Osimo (1370-1453) focusing on the re-evaluation of two central works of the author: the Quadriga spirituale and the Quadriga litteralis. It unfolds new information on the composition of the works and on the biography of the friar of Osimo, based on the examination and analysis of the manuscripts transmitting his writings. The study of the examined texts resorts to the terminology developed by the literary theory, in particular that of Gérard Genette, concerning rewriting and intertextuality. The essay shows the intertextual relations between the two main works and between these and other minor works composed to promote religious discipline and moral theological education among the Observant friars
Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies
Get PDFThis article examines the late-medieval plague tractate by Augustine of Trento, an Augustinian friar who addressed the matter of plague before the Black Death of 1347/1348. I will investigate Augustine’s astrological approach to the prognostication, prevention, and cure of the plague epidemic. Further, I will compare his work to the Compendium medicinalis astrologiae, composed by the Dominican Niccolò de Paganica in 1330, and to the consilia produced by the master of medicine Gentile da Foligno in 1348. This double comparison will help to better understand the shared intellectual milieu and the different approaches of these three authors
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