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1 online resource. |
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Bloomsbury studies in the Aristotelian tradition
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Bloomsbury studies in the Aristotelian tradition.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Historical and philosophical background -- Del Medigo on the material intellect -- Del Medigo on the agent intellect -- Del Medigo on conceptualisation -- Hic homo intelligit? |
| Summary |
"Elijah Del Medigo (1458-1493) was a Jewish Aristotelian philosopher living in Padua, whose work influenced many of the leading philosophers of the early Renaissance. His Two Investigations on the Nature of the Human Soul uses Aristotle's De anima to theorize on two of the most discussed and most controversial philosophical debates of the Renaissance: the nature of human intellect and the obtaining of immortality through intellectual perfection. In this book, Michael Engel places Del Medigo's philosophical work and his ideas about the human intellect within the context of the wider Aristotelian tradition. Providing a detailed account of the unique blend of Hebrew, Islamic, Latin and Greek traditions that influenced the Two Investigations, Elijah Del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism provides an important contribution to our understanding of Renaissance Aristotelianisms and scholasticisms. In particular, through his defense of the Muslim philosopher Averroes' hotly debated interpretation of the De anima and his rejection of the moderate Latin Aristotelianism championed by the Christian Thomas Aquinas, Engel traces how Del Medigo's work on the human intellect contributed to the development of a major Aristotelian controversy. Investigating the ways in which multicultural Aristotelian sources contributed to his own theory of a united human intellect, Elijah Del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism demonstrates the significant impact made by this Jewish philosopher on the history of the Aristotelian tradition."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Del-Medigo, Elijah, approximately 1460-1497.
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Del-Medigo, Elijah, approximately 1460-1497. |
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Averroës, 1126-1198 -- Influence.
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Averroës, 1126-1198. |
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Averroës, 1126-1198.
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Intellect.
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Intellect. |
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Concepts.
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Concepts. |
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
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Jewish philosophy -- To 1500.
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Jewish philosophy. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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Philosophy, Medieval. |
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Philosophy -- Italy -- Padua -- History -- To 1500.
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Philosophy. |
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Italy -- Padua. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Engel, Michael (Historian of philosophy). Elijah del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism. London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781474268493 (DLC) 2016029205 |
| ISBN |
9781474268516 (electronic book) |
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147426851X (electronic book) |
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9781474268509 |
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1474268501 |
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9781474268493 (hardback) |
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1474268498 |
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9781474268523 (online) |
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1474268528 |
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