Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Nicholas of Cusa and the Aristotelian Theory of Substance / A. Fiamma (VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN DES GRABMANN-INSTITUTES ZUR ERFORSCHUNG DER MITTELALTERLICHEN THEOLOGIE UND PHILOSOPHIE). - In: Nicholas of Cusa and the Aristotelian Tradition : A Philosophical and Theological Survey / [a cura di] E. Vimercati, V. Zaffino. - Prima edizione. - [s.l] : Walter De Gruyter, 2020. - ISBN 978-3-11-062490-8. - pp. 147-160 [10.1515/9783110630060-008]
Abstract:
In 1453 Nicholas of Cusa receives a copy of Bessarion’s translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics. In 1458, in his De beryllo, Cusanus discusses a few passages on substance of Aristotle’s treatise. In this paper, I flesh out three themes in order to show that Cusanus detached himself from the traditional Aristotelian concept of substance: a) the emphasis on the ‘intellectual character’ of the principle of being, b) the notion of ‘coincidentia oppositorum’ and c) the concept of ‘forma substantialis’. Despite the anti-Aristotelianism that emerges from these issues, I argue that Cusanus did not developed any new humanistic interpretation of the Aristotelian text, pace what Renaissance scholars have suggested. Rather, I suggest that Cusanus adopted the peculiar ‘neo-Platonizing’ interpretation of Aristotle that Heymeric de Campo had introduced at the University of Cologne.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Elenco autori:
A. Fiamma
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Titolo del libro:
Nicholas of Cusa and the Aristotelian Tradition : A Philosophical and Theological Survey