Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Introduction / A. Frigo (ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDÉES). - In: Inexcusabiles: Salvation and the Virtues of the Pagans in the Early Modern Period / [a cura di] A. Frigo. - [s.l] : Springer, 2020. - ISBN 9783030400163. - pp. 1-12 [10.1007/978-3-030-40017-0_1]
Abstract:
The arguments elaborated by scholastic theologians and thinkers in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to deal with
the quaestio concerning pagan virtues and salvation are taken up and discussed with greater sophistication and cogency
throughout the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Yet the further evolution of the debate is due less to the formulation of
new conceptual solutions than to the need to deal with the new contexts in which the pagan theme arises. In this respect, the
early modern ‘phase’ of the debate on pagans is not so much characterized by the elaboration of new theses as by new usages
of the theme of the virtues and salvation of the pagans. In other words, we are witnessing a transformation that is not internal
to the discussion on the status of pagans, but which rather concerns the meaning and function that are assigned to the debate
itself. The main aim of this volume is to highlight the areas, themes and argumentative strategies that define the specific
character of the early modern ‘phase’ of the debate on the virtues and salvation of the pagans.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Elenco autori:
A. Frigo
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Titolo del libro:
Inexcusabiles: Salvation and the Virtues of the Pagans in the Early Modern Period