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Mauro Zonta

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
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  • Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
    Department of Philosophy
    Regular Faculty
Areas of Interest
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
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  •  30
    Syriac, Hebrew and Latin Encyclopaedias in the 13th Century: A Comparative Approach to „Medieval Philosophies“
    In Jan A. Aertsen & Andreas Speer (eds.), Was ist Philosophie im Mittelalter? Qu'est-ce que la philosophie au moyen 'ge? What is Philosophy in the Middle Ages?: Akten des X. Internationalen Kongresses für Mittelalterliche Philosophie der Société Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Médiévale, 25. bis 30. August 1997 in Erfurt, De Gruyter. pp. 922-928. 1998.
  •  17
    The Jewish Mediation in the Transmission of Arabo-Islamic Science and Philosophy to the Latin Middle Ages. Historical Overview and Perspectives of Research
    In Andreas Speer & Lydia Wegener (eds.), Wissen über Grenzen: Arabisches Wissen und lateinisches Mittelalter, Walter De Gruyter. pp. 89-105. 2006.
  •  14
    The Autumn of Medieval Jewish Philosophy: Latin Scholasticism in Late 15th-Century Hebrew Philosophical Literature
    In Jan A. Aertsen & Martin Pickavé (eds.), "Herbst des Mittelalters"?: Fragen zur Bewertung des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts, Walter De Gruyter. pp. 474-494. 2004.
  •  38
    Philosophical translations in late antiquity and in the Middle Ages: in memory of Mauro Zonta (edited book)
    with Francesca Gorgoni, Irene Kajon, and Luisa Valente
    Aracne. 2022.
    Jewish PhilosophyMemory
  •  1086
    Toward a «critical translation» of Alexander of Aphrodisias’ De principiis, based on the indirect tradition of Syriac and Arabic sources
    with Silvia Fazzo
    Chôra 13 63-101. 2015.
    One of the main philosophical works by Alexander of Aphrodisias, De principiis, is lost in its original Greek text, but it is preserved in three extant Medieval Semitic versions, one in Syriac and two in Arabic, which were written in the Near East between 500 and 950 AD. These versions are not totally identical and, as we have shown in 2012, they are in a rather complex textual relationship. As we will show in this article, a tentative reconstruction of the lost text should be based upon an atte…Read more
    One of the main philosophical works by Alexander of Aphrodisias, De principiis, is lost in its original Greek text, but it is preserved in three extant Medieval Semitic versions, one in Syriac and two in Arabic, which were written in the Near East between 500 and 950 AD. These versions are not totally identical and, as we have shown in 2012, they are in a rather complex textual relationship. As we will show in this article, a tentative reconstruction of the lost text should be based upon an attentive and point‑to‑point comparative analysis of some aspect of all three versions. We have tentatively called the abore way “critical translation”.
    Philosophical TraditionsHistory of Western Philosophy
  •  1178
    Aristotle’s Theory of Causes and the Holy Trinity
    with Silvia Fazzo
    Laval Théologique et Philosophique 64 (3): 681-690. 2008.
    L’identité et la datation de Nicolas le Péripatéticien, l’auteur d’un sommaire de la philosophie d’Aristote, ont fait l’objet d’un article récent de Silvia Fazzo paru dans la Revue des Études Grecques. Contre la datation courante, fondée sur l’identification de Nicolas à l’historien de grand renom Nicolas Damascène , Fazzo a montré que Nicolas avait probablement vécu au cours de la période couvrant les IIIe au Ve siècles ap. J.-C., et plus problablement à l’époque de l’empereur Julien l’Apostat …Read more
    L’identité et la datation de Nicolas le Péripatéticien, l’auteur d’un sommaire de la philosophie d’Aristote, ont fait l’objet d’un article récent de Silvia Fazzo paru dans la Revue des Études Grecques. Contre la datation courante, fondée sur l’identification de Nicolas à l’historien de grand renom Nicolas Damascène , Fazzo a montré que Nicolas avait probablement vécu au cours de la période couvrant les IIIe au Ve siècles ap. J.-C., et plus problablement à l’époque de l’empereur Julien l’Apostat . Cette hypothèse trouve un appui dans un nouveau fragment en traduction hébraïque découvert par Mauro Zonta, dans lequel Nicolas cherche à expliquer la Trinité de Dieu au moyen de la doctrine aristotélicienne des causes: Dieu est un, en tant que sa substance est une, mais Dieu est également trois, puisqu’il est à la fois causes motrice, formelle et finale du monde. Dans la mesure, évidemment réduite, où un fragment si court est susceptible de datation, l’époque de Julien paraît la plus probable
    Philosophical Traditions
  •  31
    La "Classificazione delle scienze" di Al-Fārābī nella tradizione ebraica: edizione critica e traduzione annotata della versione ebraica di Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʼir
    with Fārābī
    Zamorani. 1992.
    Arabic and Islamic Philosophy
  •  23
    Saggio di lessicografia filosofica araba
    Paideia. 2014.
    Arabic and Islamic Philosophy
  •  37
    Terminologia filosofica tra Oriente e Occidente (edited book)
    with Pierpaolo Grezzi
    Leo S. Olschki editore. 2018.
    Philosophy, General Works
  •  20
    Disciples and Masters in Late Medieval Jewish Philosophical Schools in Provence and Italy : The Cases of Levi Ben Gershom and Judah Messer Leon
    In Thomas Jeschke & Andreas Speer (eds.), Schüler und Meister, De Gruyter. pp. 467-482. 2016.
  •  23
    Possible Hebrew Quotations of the Metaphysical Section of Avicenna’s Oriental Philosophy and Their Historical Meaning
    In Dag Nikolaus Hasse & Amos Bertolacci (eds.), The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's Metaphysics, De Gruyter. pp. 177-196. 2011.
  •  27
    Avicenna’s Metaphysics in the Medieval Hebrew Philosophical Tradition
    In Dag Nikolaus Hasse & Amos Bertolacci (eds.), The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's Metaphysics, De Gruyter. pp. 153-158. 2011.
  •  51
    Notes on “Some Notes on ‘Avicenna Among Medieval Jews’ ” by Professor Steven Harvey
    with Gad Freudenthal
    Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 26 (2): 309-311. 2016.
    Professor Steven Harvey has honored us with a 28-page critique of our 2012 paper, “Avicenna among medieval Jews.” In our opinion, his text is wanting in both form and substance.
    Arabic and Islamic Philosophy
  •  64
    Medieval Judaic Logic and the Scholastic One in the 14th – 15th Centuries Provence and Italy: a Comparison of the Logical Works by Rav Hezekiah bar Halafta (First Half of the 14th Century) and Rav Judah Messer Leon (review)
    Studia Humana 6 (2): 37-45. 2017.
    Hezekiah bar Halafta and Judah Messer Leon, who wrote in 14th – 15th century in Provence and Italy, were the first and last of “Jewish Schoolman.” This short article compares two texts, in order to showing differences and similarities.
  •  1
    La filosofia antica nel Medioevo ebraico: le traduzioni ebraiche medievali dei testi filosofici
    Philosophica 2 121-26. 1996.
  • Due note sulle fonti ebraiche di Giovanni Pico e Giordano Bruno
    Rinascimento 2 (40): 143-53. 2000.
  •  10
    Un dizionario filosofico ebraico del XIII secolo: l'introduzione al "Sefer Deʻot ha-filosofim" di Shem Tob ibn Falaquera
    Zamorani. 1992.
  •  74
    Metaphysics in Medieval Hebrew Tradition. A Short Historical Sketch
    Quaestio 5 (1): 242-258. 2005.
  •  42
    Greek Texts Translated into Hebrew
    In H. Lagerlund (ed.), Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, Springer. pp. 431--437. 2011.
  •  40
    Al-Fārābī, Latin Translations of
    In H. Lagerlund (ed.), Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, Springer. pp. 352--354. 2011.
  •  33
    The Original Text of Vincent Ferrer’s Tractatus de unitate universalis Discovered in an Unknown Hebrew Translation?
    Bulletin de Philosophie Medievale 39 147-151. 1997.
  •  38
    La tradizione medievale arabo-ebraica delle opere di Aristotele: stato della ricerca
    Elenchos 28 (2): 369-388. 2007.
  •  85
    Elementi per la storia di uno «scotismo ebraico»
    Quaestio 8 201-218. 2008.
  • Abū Muhammad ‘Abdallāh Ibn Ru¨d. On Whether the Active Intellect Unites with the Material Intellect whilst it is Clothed with the Body. A critical Edition of the Three Extant Medieval Versions, together with an English Translation’
    with Charles Burnett
    Archives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du Moyen Âge 67 295-335. 2000.
    This is the only known philosophical text of a son of Averroes. While the Arabic text survives in only one manuscript, several manuscripts of both a Hebrew and a Latin translation attest to the popularity of the work in the late Middle Ages. This article provides a new edition of the Arabic text, and the first critical editions of the Hebrew and Latin translations, as well as an English translation and a quadrilingual glossary.
    Medieval Arabic and Islamic Philosophy
  • Una disputa sugli universali nella logica ebraica del Trecento. Shemuel di Marsiglia contro Gersonide nel Supercommentario all'Isagoge di Yehudah ben Ishaq Cohen
    Documenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 11 409-458. 2000.
    Unico testimone superstite della disputa sugli universali fra i filosofi ebrei Shemuel di Marsiglia e Gersonide è il Supercommentario al Commento medio di Averroè all'Isagoge e alle Categorie di Yehudah ben Yishaq Cohen, redatto probabilmente in Provenza verso la metà del '400, dopo che Yehudah ebbe ascoltato a Bologna una disputa pubblica sul tema degli universali. Dopo aver esaminato la struttura di questo testo e le sue fonti, tra le quali si segnalano Pietro Aureoli e Gentile da Foligno, l'A…Read more
    Unico testimone superstite della disputa sugli universali fra i filosofi ebrei Shemuel di Marsiglia e Gersonide è il Supercommentario al Commento medio di Averroè all'Isagoge e alle Categorie di Yehudah ben Yishaq Cohen, redatto probabilmente in Provenza verso la metà del '400, dopo che Yehudah ebbe ascoltato a Bologna una disputa pubblica sul tema degli universali. Dopo aver esaminato la struttura di questo testo e le sue fonti, tra le quali si segnalano Pietro Aureoli e Gentile da Foligno, l'A. si sofferma sul rapporto di Gersonide con la scolastica contemporanea, soprattutto Scoto e Ockham, le cui tesi secondo l'A. furono probabilmente apprese da Gersonide durante il suo soggiorno ad Avignone. La parte terza dello studio è dedicata a Shemuel ben Yehudah, traduttore di Averroè e logico vissuto in Provenza nella prima metà del '300. La quarta parte del contributo entra nel merito della polemica sugli universali attraverso una lettura commentata del testo, di cui sono tradotti ampi passaggi
    Medieval Philosophy of Language
  • Sulla tradizione ebraica di alcuni commenti arabi alla «Metafisica»
    Documenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 12 155-177. 2001.
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    Hebrew Scholasticism in the Fiftheenth Century. A History and Source Book
    Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 69 (3): 579-580. 2007.
  •  112
    Arab Roots of Gemology: Ahmad ibn Yusuf al Tifashi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones. Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi, Samar Najm Abul Huda
    Isis 90 (4): 803-803. 1999.
    History of Science
  • The Revisions of Qalonymos ben Qalonymos's Medieval Hebrew Version of Averroes's «Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics»
    Documenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 21 457-473. 2010.
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    Maimonide
    Carocci. 2011.
    Maimonides
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