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40From Kant to Croce: Modern Philosophy in Italy, 1800-1950University of Toronto Press. 2012.From around 1800, shortly before Pasquale Galluppi's first book, until 1950, just before Benedetto Croce died, the most formative influences on Italian philosophers were Kant and the post-Kantians, especially Hegel. In many ways, the Italian philosophers of this period lived in turbulent but creative times, from the Restoration to the Risorgimento and the rise and fall of Fascism. From Kant to Croce is a comprehensive, highly readable history of the main currents and major figures of modern Ital…Read more
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2On DiscoveryHarvard University Press. 2002.On Discovery became a key reference for anyone who wanted to know about "firsts" in theology, philosophy, science, technology, literature, language, law, material culture, and other fields. Polydore took his information from dozens of Greek, Roman, biblical, and Patristic authorities. His main point was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority.
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9Science and philosophy in early modern Europe: The historiographical significance of the work of Charles B. SchmittAnnals of Science 44 (5): 507-517. 1987.In his many contributions to the history of science and the history of philosophy, the late Charles Schmitt demonstrated the interdependence of these two spheres of thought in early modern Europe. Schmitt was particularly insistent on a large and positive role for Aristotelian philosophy in the development of early modern science
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28How to do magic, and why: philosophical prescriptionsIn James Hankins (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 137. 2007.
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37A Tale Of Two Fishes: Magical Objects In Natural History From Antiquity Through The Scientific RevolutionJournal of the History of Ideas 52 (3): 373-398. 1991.
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24Peter of Spain: Summaries of Logic: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Notes (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2013.For nearly four centuries Peter of Spain's influential Summaries of Logic was the basis for teaching logic; few university texts were read by more people. This new translation presents the Latin and English on facing pages, and comes with an extensive introduction, chapter-by-chapter analysis, notes, and a full bibliography.
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8Les alchimistes grecs. Volume I, Papyrus de Leyde, papyrus de Stockholm, fragments de recettes. Robert Halleux (review)Isis 74 (1): 124-124. 1983.
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29Valla Our Contemporary: Philosophy and PhilologyJournal of the History of Ideas 66 (4): 507-525. 2005.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Valla Our Contemporary:Philosophy and PhilologyBrian P. CopenhaverEven before the Italians knew what to call their Renaissance, they knew the names of its heroes, one of whom was Lorenzo Valla. Accordingly, by the time Count Terenzio Mamiani della Rovere published one of the first modern histories of Italian philosophy in 1834, Valla's place in the story of that subject had long been established-for Italians, at least. "He began by r…Read more
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21Sacralizing the Secular: The Renaissance Origins of ModernityJournal of the History of Philosophy 28 (4): 611-613. 1990.
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2Maimonides, abulafia and pico. A secret Aristotle for the renaissanceRinascimento 46 23-51. 2006.
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18Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1991.The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a mythical figure named Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses. The Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the revealed wisdom of the Bible, supporting Biblical revelation and culminating in the Platonic philosophical tradition. This new translation is the only English…Read more
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520The strange Italian voyage of Thomas Reid: 1800–60British Journal for the History of Philosophy 14 (4). 2006.This Article does not have an abstract
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