Videos by Aurélien Robert
Communication prononcée au Collège de France dans le cadre du colloque "Dante et l'averroïsme", o... more Communication prononcée au Collège de France dans le cadre du colloque "Dante et l'averroïsme", organisé par Alain de Libera, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Pasquale Porro et Irène Rosier-Catach, en mai 2015.
Une version augmentée de cette conférence a été publiée dans le livre issu de ce colloque aux Belles Lettres (2019). 32 views
Books by Aurélien Robert
According to classical histories of philosophy, Plato and Pythagoras did not return to the stage ... more According to classical histories of philosophy, Plato and Pythagoras did not return to the stage of thought until the fifteenth century. However, in the fourteenth century, well before the Renaissance, a Venetian nobleman, Marco Trevisano, wrote a book for his son entitled On the Macrocosm. In his book, he describes himself as a disciple of the two ancient giants and describes the origin of the world and its constitution in mathematical terms. This text, still unpublished to this day, has never been studied for itself and in its context. This essay revives the thought of this lay scholar, who attended neither university nor convent. The case of Marco Trevisano shows to what extent the philosophy of the Middle Ages cannot be summed up in the great names of school textbooks. Above all, it questions the boundaries between what we usually call medieval scholasticism and Renaissance humanism.
Ecole française de Rome, 2023
The mendicant orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, but also the Hermits of Saint Augustine or Carmeli... more The mendicant orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, but also the Hermits of Saint Augustine or Carmelites) played a major role in the production of knowledge in the late Middle Ages. Authors of numerous works in all fields of culture, they also contributed greatly to the dissemination of manuscripts and ideas as well as to the deepening of disciplines, thanks to the places of teaching and debate housed in the convents. Although these orders have been widely studied for their contributions to theology, their place in the development of so-called profane knowledge, i.e. not linked to their religious vocation, has been less often addressed. As much producers as transmitters of knowledge, the Mendicants made a decisive contribution to the redefinition and development of the disciplines taught in universities or practised in the courts. Focusing on Italy, the intellectual and cultural laboratory of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, this volume seeks to understand their importance in several key areas of early modern culture, including the liberal arts, natural sciences, literature, rhetoric, and geography.
See https://brill.com/view/title/38721.
A wide range of specialists provide a comprehensive over... more See https://brill.com/view/title/38721.
A wide range of specialists provide a comprehensive overview of the reception of Pythagorean ideas in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, shedding new light especially on the understudied ‘Medieval Pythagoras’ of the Latin West. They also explore the survival of Pythagoreanism in the Arabic, Jewish, and Persian cultures, thus adopting a multicultural perspective. Their common concern is to detect the sources of this reception, and to follow their circulation in diverse linguistic areas. The reader can thus have a panoramic view of the major themes belonging to the Pythagorean heritage – number philosophy and the sciences of the quadrivium; ethics and way of life; theology, metaphysics and the soul – until the Early Modern times.
Table of contents
Introduction.
Pythagoras, from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity. A Multicultural Approach
Irene Caiazzo, Constantinos Macris and Aurélien Robert
Part 1: Pythagorean Number Theory and the Quadrivium
1 Pythagoras and the Quadrivium from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Cecilia Panti
2 Music and the Pythagorean Tradition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Andrew Hicks
3 Nicomachean Number Theory in Arabic and Persian Scholarly Literature
Sonja Brentjes
4 The Tribulations of the Introduction to Arithmetic from Greek to Hebrew Via Syriac and Arabic. Nicomachus of Gerasa, Ḥabib Ibn Bahrīz, al-Kindī, and Qalonymos ben Qalonymos
Gad Freudenthal
5 Medieval Jewish Pythagoreanism. Remarks on Maimonides and on Sefer Melakhim
Tzvi Langermann
Part 2: Pythagorean Way(s) of Life, East and West
6 Popular Pythagoreanism in the Arabic Tradition. Between Biography and Gnomology
Anna Izdebska
7 Pythagoras’ Ethics and the Pythagorean Way of Life in the Middle Ages
Aurélien Robert
Part 3: Theology, Metaphysics and the Soul
8 Pythagoras’ Philosophy of Unity as a Precursor of Islamic Monotheism. Pseudo-Ammonius and Related Sources
Daniel De Smet
9 The “Brethren of Purity” and the Pythagorean Tradition
Carmela Baffioni
10 “Pythagoras’ Mistake”. The Transmigration of Souls in the Latin Middle Ages and Beyond
Irene Caiazzo
11 Pythagoras Latinus. Aquinas’ Interpretation of Pythagoreanism in His Aristotelian Commentaries
Marta Borgo and Iacopo Costa
12 Latin Christian Neopythagorean Theology. A Speculative Summa
David Albertson
Part 4: New Trends in Early Modern Pythagoreanism
13 Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the Renaissance. Philosophical and Religious Itineraries from Pico to Brucker
Denis J.-J. Robichaud
14 Pythagorean Number Mysticism in the Renaissance. An Overview
Jean-Pierre Brach
Here is the link to the publisher's webpage, where you can find links to buy the book:
https:/... more Here is the link to the publisher's webpage, where you can find links to buy the book:
https://www.fayard.fr/histoire/epicure-aux-enfers-9782213711744
Brief summary:
In Dante's Divine Comedy, there is only one philosopher in the sixth circle of Hell, among the heretics: Epicurus. How can a thinker who lived in the fourth century BC be judged like this? By proposing an archaeology of the representations of the Epicurean in the three great monotheistic religions, Aurélien Robert retraces the long development of the associations between Epicureanism and hedonism, atheism and heresy, and their transformation in the Middle Ages.
But this story hides another, which has remained in the shadow of an imposing religious literature. Attempts to rehabilitate the Greek philosopher appeared as early as the eleventh century, almost three centuries before Poggio Bracciolini's rediscovery of Lucretius. These testimonies of theologians, doctors and philosophers present Epicurus as a great wise man, even a model for Christians. At the same time, his thought of pleasure gradually regained its prestige. Contrary to popular belief, it was not the Middle Ages that invented the caricature of the Epicurean. Moreover, it was during this period that attempts were made to save Epicurus and his philosophy from the underworld.
Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2009
Blaise de Parme (ca. 1350-1416) a enseigné toute sa vie dans les plus grandes universités italien... more Blaise de Parme (ca. 1350-1416) a enseigné toute sa vie dans les plus grandes universités italiennes, à Padoue, Pavie et Florence, et ses ouvrages philosophiques ont joui d’une grande réputation jusqu’au cœur de la Renaissance. Aujourd’hui, il est surtout connu par le sobriquet qu’un scribe du XV e siècle lui a donné dans un manuscrit: doctor diabolicus. Depuis lors, les historiens de la philosophie n’ont eu de cesse de traquer dans ses œuvres – la plupart inédites les indices de son hétérodoxie. Matérialiste, athée, relativiste, hédoniste… on ne compte plus les épithètes attachées à son nom. Le présent volume propose de faire le point sur la philosophie de Blaise de Parme en se concentrant sur les domaines dans lesquels il a défendu les thèses les plus marquantes: la physique, la psychologie et l’éthique. On trouvera aussi des éclaircissements sur les mathématiques, l’optique, la science des astres et la religion. Les contributions réunies dans ce volume présentent un Blaise de Parme beaucoup plus complexe que l’image véhiculée par l’historiographie, en montrant la grande originalité de ce penseur.
Textes réunis par Joël Biard et Aurélien Robert.
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J. Biard - A. Robert,... more Textes réunis par Joël Biard et Aurélien Robert.
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J. Biard - A. Robert, Introduction. A. A. Robiglio, Le philosophe comme personnage littéraire: Blaise Pelacani de Parme dans le Paradiso degli Alberti – A. Robert, L’éthique de Blaise de Parme dans ses Questions sur la Physique – C. Grellard, Une histoire naturelle des religions: Blaise de Parme, les astres et les sectes – J. Biard, Rationalismes régionaux dans la philosophie médiévale tardive: le cas de Blaise de Parme – G. Federici Vescovini, Blaise de Parme et l’intelligibilité mathématique – D. A. Di Liscia, Biagio Pelacani da Parma’s Geometrisation of Latitudes and the Problems of the Mean Degree Theorem – S. Rommevaux-Tani, Les règles du mouvement dans la seconde rédaction des Questions sur la Physique de Blaise de Parme – M. Roques, Blaise de Parme et la quantité – N. Weill-Parot, Une position originale? Le contact entre le moteur et le mû dans les Quaestiones disputatae super octo libros Physicorum de Blaise de Parme – F. Seller, La détermination des positions des astres dans l’optique de Blaise de Parme – V. Sorge, Sens externes et sens internes chez Blaise de Parme – J. F. Silva, Blasius of Parma on the Activity of Sense. Bibliographie. Index des noms de personnes et d’oeuvres. Index des manuscrits.
Qu’est-ce qu’une discipline au Moyen Âge ? Selon que l’on s’intéresse au discours des penseurs mé... more Qu’est-ce qu’une discipline au Moyen Âge ? Selon que l’on s’intéresse au discours des penseurs médiévaux ou à la reconstruction des historiens contemporains, la réponse pourrait s’avérer très différente, peut-être même décevante. Pour cette raison, l’objectif de ce volume est d’aborder la question non en partant de définitions théoriques souvent figées, mais à travers l’étude des pratiques concrètes des acteurs, lesquelles impliquent parfois perméabilités, évolutions ou hybridations des savoirs. Le choix du contexte italien s’explique par des caractéristiques exceptionnelles. La non séparation de l’enseignement des arts et de la médecine, l’absence dans de nombreuses villes de facultés de théologie, la présence enfin d’une vie culturelle intense dans le cadre urbain, sont autant d’éléments qui contribuent en effet à favoriser les porosités et les innovations. Il s’agira donc d’examiner ces changements du point de vue des frontières, c’est-à-dire des points de rencontre ou de séparation entre les différents savoirs universitaires. Trois domaines ont été privilégiés : la rhétorique et ses usages ; le droit dans ses rapports parfois ambigus avec la philosophie et la théologie ; la médecine et son rôle dans la définition de nouveaux champs comme la médecine légale ou l’éthique médicale. Dans chaque cas, sont croisés les aspects matériels, institutionnels et doctrinaux à l’oeuvre dans les déplacements de ces frontières – montrant que les disciplines échappent le plus souvent à leur définition traditionnelle, qu’elle soit médiévale ou contemporaine.
Special issue of "Tracés", 21, 2011 (edited with A. Minard and F. Coste), 2011
Livre d'hommages à Irène Rosier-Catach en deux volumes rassemblant 86 articles (la table des mati... more Livre d'hommages à Irène Rosier-Catach en deux volumes rassemblant 86 articles (la table des matières est dans le fichier)
Book of tributes to Irène Rosier-Catach in two volumes containing 86 articles (the table of contents is in the file)
La sapientia medievale, nella sua molteplicità, fluisce in un unico flumen ininterrotto dalla tar... more La sapientia medievale, nella sua molteplicità, fluisce in un unico flumen ininterrotto dalla tarda Antichità al Rinascimento. Valorizzando la pluralità di temi e di tradizioni del sapere medievale, la collana contribuisce allo sviluppo degli studi di Storia della filosofia medievale, ospitando lavori monografici, collettivi ed edizioni critiche inerenti alla filosofia e alla teologia medievali.
From the weighing of commodities to the staking out of land, from the value of coinage to the dim... more From the weighing of commodities to the staking out of land, from the value of coinage to the dimensions of bodies, measurement occupies a central place in the Medieval universe in which “everything is proportion.” The SHMESP chose this major theme for its 43rd Congress which took place in Tours in June 2012, with the intention of highlighting the latest scholarship in the field. There were twenty-five papers read. They showed the multiple dimensions of the work undertaken, covering the many fields that require quantification: Economy, Demography, and Sociology, Culture and Science, Cartography and Geometry, the Dance or Diet. The means of access to these fields are likewise numerous: Metrology, Numismatics, Lexicology, Archiving, Codicology, Archaeology etc. This comparative approach allowed us to rethink the methodologies in play and to measure the work of the historians in both the present and the future.
Papers by Aurélien Robert
C.T. Wolfe and J. Symons, The History and Philosophy of Materialism, Routledge, 2025
This paper aims to provide an overview of the various forms of materialism discussed by philosoph... more This paper aims to provide an overview of the various forms of materialism discussed by philosophers in the Latin Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on the idea of emergent properties of matter. After outlining the traditional historiography and its limitations, the study examines the reception of ancient theories—primarily monist—in order to trace their appropriation by David of Dinant and Albert the Great, their subsequent condemnation in 1277, and their revival in the 14th century, particularly through the theory of modes.
N. Polloni and S. Roudaut (éd.), Hylomorphism into Pieces
This paper investigates the discussions of Democritus' corpuscular atomism in the 13th century, i... more This paper investigates the discussions of Democritus' corpuscular atomism in the 13th century, in order to show that the history of medieval atomism did not begin in the 14th century. To prove this point, we need to read some texts that are rarely considered by specialists in the field, in particular commentaries on Aristotle's De anima. They contain very detailed discussions of Democritean atomism, as well as questions about the continuum and the status of indivisibles and points.
Cahiers philosophiques, 2023
Dans les grandes histoires de l’épicurisme, seul Nicolas d’Autrécourt
est parfois mentionné pour ... more Dans les grandes histoires de l’épicurisme, seul Nicolas d’Autrécourt
est parfois mentionné pour le Moyen Âge en raison de son
atomisme. Bien qu’il ne se dise jamais épicurien et qu’il refuserait
probablement cette étiquette, il défend une thèse longtemps
associée à Épicure : tout ce qui apparaît est vrai. Bien qu’il ait
pu savoir qu’il s’agissait d’une thèse épicurienne, nous faisons
l’hypothèse qu’il arrive à ce résultat parce que leur ambition était
la même : sauver Démocrite sans tomber dans le scepticisme
qui lui est attribué par Aristote. Cet article compare de manière
systématique Épicure et Nicolas d’Autrécourt dans le but d’éclairer
leurs théories de la connaissance.
Early Science and Medicine, 2023
Antonio da Parma (d. 1327) was a philosopher and physician, active in Bologna in the early fourte... more Antonio da Parma (d. 1327) was a philosopher and physician, active in Bologna in the early fourteenth century, and associated with so-called "Bolognese Averroism." His philosophical works are increasingly better documented. While his medical works are much less studied, his commentary-written between 1310 and 1323-on the first book of Avicenna's Canon, had a considerable influence on later commentators. This paper presents his analysis of the notion of 'complexion' , a notion central to his anthropology for the philosophical issues it seeks to address: the possibility, for example, of defining the specific nature of the human body-as compared with other natural species-or of conceiving a scientific and universal discourse when confronted with the extreme variability of individual bodily complexion, which is at the heart of medical practice. Taking from Galen and Avicenna their 'relativistic' analysis of the well-balanced complexion, Antonio uses the idea of a latitude of individual complexion within the limits set by the natural species, to thereby make this picture of the human body coherent with the principles of Aristotelian natural philosophy. In so doing, he addresses the relationship between matter and form in a human body, the individuation of human bodies, or the principle of identity of a singular body. The paper concludes with a transcription of the relevant passages from Antonio's commentary on Avicenna's Canon.
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Une version augmentée de cette conférence a été publiée dans le livre issu de ce colloque aux Belles Lettres (2019).
Books by Aurélien Robert
A wide range of specialists provide a comprehensive overview of the reception of Pythagorean ideas in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, shedding new light especially on the understudied ‘Medieval Pythagoras’ of the Latin West. They also explore the survival of Pythagoreanism in the Arabic, Jewish, and Persian cultures, thus adopting a multicultural perspective. Their common concern is to detect the sources of this reception, and to follow their circulation in diverse linguistic areas. The reader can thus have a panoramic view of the major themes belonging to the Pythagorean heritage – number philosophy and the sciences of the quadrivium; ethics and way of life; theology, metaphysics and the soul – until the Early Modern times.
Table of contents
Introduction.
Pythagoras, from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity. A Multicultural Approach
Irene Caiazzo, Constantinos Macris and Aurélien Robert
Part 1: Pythagorean Number Theory and the Quadrivium
1 Pythagoras and the Quadrivium from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Cecilia Panti
2 Music and the Pythagorean Tradition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Andrew Hicks
3 Nicomachean Number Theory in Arabic and Persian Scholarly Literature
Sonja Brentjes
4 The Tribulations of the Introduction to Arithmetic from Greek to Hebrew Via Syriac and Arabic. Nicomachus of Gerasa, Ḥabib Ibn Bahrīz, al-Kindī, and Qalonymos ben Qalonymos
Gad Freudenthal
5 Medieval Jewish Pythagoreanism. Remarks on Maimonides and on Sefer Melakhim
Tzvi Langermann
Part 2: Pythagorean Way(s) of Life, East and West
6 Popular Pythagoreanism in the Arabic Tradition. Between Biography and Gnomology
Anna Izdebska
7 Pythagoras’ Ethics and the Pythagorean Way of Life in the Middle Ages
Aurélien Robert
Part 3: Theology, Metaphysics and the Soul
8 Pythagoras’ Philosophy of Unity as a Precursor of Islamic Monotheism. Pseudo-Ammonius and Related Sources
Daniel De Smet
9 The “Brethren of Purity” and the Pythagorean Tradition
Carmela Baffioni
10 “Pythagoras’ Mistake”. The Transmigration of Souls in the Latin Middle Ages and Beyond
Irene Caiazzo
11 Pythagoras Latinus. Aquinas’ Interpretation of Pythagoreanism in His Aristotelian Commentaries
Marta Borgo and Iacopo Costa
12 Latin Christian Neopythagorean Theology. A Speculative Summa
David Albertson
Part 4: New Trends in Early Modern Pythagoreanism
13 Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the Renaissance. Philosophical and Religious Itineraries from Pico to Brucker
Denis J.-J. Robichaud
14 Pythagorean Number Mysticism in the Renaissance. An Overview
Jean-Pierre Brach
https://www.fayard.fr/histoire/epicure-aux-enfers-9782213711744
Brief summary:
In Dante's Divine Comedy, there is only one philosopher in the sixth circle of Hell, among the heretics: Epicurus. How can a thinker who lived in the fourth century BC be judged like this? By proposing an archaeology of the representations of the Epicurean in the three great monotheistic religions, Aurélien Robert retraces the long development of the associations between Epicureanism and hedonism, atheism and heresy, and their transformation in the Middle Ages.
But this story hides another, which has remained in the shadow of an imposing religious literature. Attempts to rehabilitate the Greek philosopher appeared as early as the eleventh century, almost three centuries before Poggio Bracciolini's rediscovery of Lucretius. These testimonies of theologians, doctors and philosophers present Epicurus as a great wise man, even a model for Christians. At the same time, his thought of pleasure gradually regained its prestige. Contrary to popular belief, it was not the Middle Ages that invented the caricature of the Epicurean. Moreover, it was during this period that attempts were made to save Epicurus and his philosophy from the underworld.
http://bit.ly/2HXJYE0
J. Biard - A. Robert, Introduction. A. A. Robiglio, Le philosophe comme personnage littéraire: Blaise Pelacani de Parme dans le Paradiso degli Alberti – A. Robert, L’éthique de Blaise de Parme dans ses Questions sur la Physique – C. Grellard, Une histoire naturelle des religions: Blaise de Parme, les astres et les sectes – J. Biard, Rationalismes régionaux dans la philosophie médiévale tardive: le cas de Blaise de Parme – G. Federici Vescovini, Blaise de Parme et l’intelligibilité mathématique – D. A. Di Liscia, Biagio Pelacani da Parma’s Geometrisation of Latitudes and the Problems of the Mean Degree Theorem – S. Rommevaux-Tani, Les règles du mouvement dans la seconde rédaction des Questions sur la Physique de Blaise de Parme – M. Roques, Blaise de Parme et la quantité – N. Weill-Parot, Une position originale? Le contact entre le moteur et le mû dans les Quaestiones disputatae super octo libros Physicorum de Blaise de Parme – F. Seller, La détermination des positions des astres dans l’optique de Blaise de Parme – V. Sorge, Sens externes et sens internes chez Blaise de Parme – J. F. Silva, Blasius of Parma on the Activity of Sense. Bibliographie. Index des noms de personnes et d’oeuvres. Index des manuscrits.
Book of tributes to Irène Rosier-Catach in two volumes containing 86 articles (the table of contents is in the file)
Papers by Aurélien Robert
est parfois mentionné pour le Moyen Âge en raison de son
atomisme. Bien qu’il ne se dise jamais épicurien et qu’il refuserait
probablement cette étiquette, il défend une thèse longtemps
associée à Épicure : tout ce qui apparaît est vrai. Bien qu’il ait
pu savoir qu’il s’agissait d’une thèse épicurienne, nous faisons
l’hypothèse qu’il arrive à ce résultat parce que leur ambition était
la même : sauver Démocrite sans tomber dans le scepticisme
qui lui est attribué par Aristote. Cet article compare de manière
systématique Épicure et Nicolas d’Autrécourt dans le but d’éclairer
leurs théories de la connaissance.
Une version augmentée de cette conférence a été publiée dans le livre issu de ce colloque aux Belles Lettres (2019).
A wide range of specialists provide a comprehensive overview of the reception of Pythagorean ideas in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, shedding new light especially on the understudied ‘Medieval Pythagoras’ of the Latin West. They also explore the survival of Pythagoreanism in the Arabic, Jewish, and Persian cultures, thus adopting a multicultural perspective. Their common concern is to detect the sources of this reception, and to follow their circulation in diverse linguistic areas. The reader can thus have a panoramic view of the major themes belonging to the Pythagorean heritage – number philosophy and the sciences of the quadrivium; ethics and way of life; theology, metaphysics and the soul – until the Early Modern times.
Table of contents
Introduction.
Pythagoras, from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity. A Multicultural Approach
Irene Caiazzo, Constantinos Macris and Aurélien Robert
Part 1: Pythagorean Number Theory and the Quadrivium
1 Pythagoras and the Quadrivium from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Cecilia Panti
2 Music and the Pythagorean Tradition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Andrew Hicks
3 Nicomachean Number Theory in Arabic and Persian Scholarly Literature
Sonja Brentjes
4 The Tribulations of the Introduction to Arithmetic from Greek to Hebrew Via Syriac and Arabic. Nicomachus of Gerasa, Ḥabib Ibn Bahrīz, al-Kindī, and Qalonymos ben Qalonymos
Gad Freudenthal
5 Medieval Jewish Pythagoreanism. Remarks on Maimonides and on Sefer Melakhim
Tzvi Langermann
Part 2: Pythagorean Way(s) of Life, East and West
6 Popular Pythagoreanism in the Arabic Tradition. Between Biography and Gnomology
Anna Izdebska
7 Pythagoras’ Ethics and the Pythagorean Way of Life in the Middle Ages
Aurélien Robert
Part 3: Theology, Metaphysics and the Soul
8 Pythagoras’ Philosophy of Unity as a Precursor of Islamic Monotheism. Pseudo-Ammonius and Related Sources
Daniel De Smet
9 The “Brethren of Purity” and the Pythagorean Tradition
Carmela Baffioni
10 “Pythagoras’ Mistake”. The Transmigration of Souls in the Latin Middle Ages and Beyond
Irene Caiazzo
11 Pythagoras Latinus. Aquinas’ Interpretation of Pythagoreanism in His Aristotelian Commentaries
Marta Borgo and Iacopo Costa
12 Latin Christian Neopythagorean Theology. A Speculative Summa
David Albertson
Part 4: New Trends in Early Modern Pythagoreanism
13 Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the Renaissance. Philosophical and Religious Itineraries from Pico to Brucker
Denis J.-J. Robichaud
14 Pythagorean Number Mysticism in the Renaissance. An Overview
Jean-Pierre Brach
https://www.fayard.fr/histoire/epicure-aux-enfers-9782213711744
Brief summary:
In Dante's Divine Comedy, there is only one philosopher in the sixth circle of Hell, among the heretics: Epicurus. How can a thinker who lived in the fourth century BC be judged like this? By proposing an archaeology of the representations of the Epicurean in the three great monotheistic religions, Aurélien Robert retraces the long development of the associations between Epicureanism and hedonism, atheism and heresy, and their transformation in the Middle Ages.
But this story hides another, which has remained in the shadow of an imposing religious literature. Attempts to rehabilitate the Greek philosopher appeared as early as the eleventh century, almost three centuries before Poggio Bracciolini's rediscovery of Lucretius. These testimonies of theologians, doctors and philosophers present Epicurus as a great wise man, even a model for Christians. At the same time, his thought of pleasure gradually regained its prestige. Contrary to popular belief, it was not the Middle Ages that invented the caricature of the Epicurean. Moreover, it was during this period that attempts were made to save Epicurus and his philosophy from the underworld.
http://bit.ly/2HXJYE0
J. Biard - A. Robert, Introduction. A. A. Robiglio, Le philosophe comme personnage littéraire: Blaise Pelacani de Parme dans le Paradiso degli Alberti – A. Robert, L’éthique de Blaise de Parme dans ses Questions sur la Physique – C. Grellard, Une histoire naturelle des religions: Blaise de Parme, les astres et les sectes – J. Biard, Rationalismes régionaux dans la philosophie médiévale tardive: le cas de Blaise de Parme – G. Federici Vescovini, Blaise de Parme et l’intelligibilité mathématique – D. A. Di Liscia, Biagio Pelacani da Parma’s Geometrisation of Latitudes and the Problems of the Mean Degree Theorem – S. Rommevaux-Tani, Les règles du mouvement dans la seconde rédaction des Questions sur la Physique de Blaise de Parme – M. Roques, Blaise de Parme et la quantité – N. Weill-Parot, Une position originale? Le contact entre le moteur et le mû dans les Quaestiones disputatae super octo libros Physicorum de Blaise de Parme – F. Seller, La détermination des positions des astres dans l’optique de Blaise de Parme – V. Sorge, Sens externes et sens internes chez Blaise de Parme – J. F. Silva, Blasius of Parma on the Activity of Sense. Bibliographie. Index des noms de personnes et d’oeuvres. Index des manuscrits.
Book of tributes to Irène Rosier-Catach in two volumes containing 86 articles (the table of contents is in the file)
est parfois mentionné pour le Moyen Âge en raison de son
atomisme. Bien qu’il ne se dise jamais épicurien et qu’il refuserait
probablement cette étiquette, il défend une thèse longtemps
associée à Épicure : tout ce qui apparaît est vrai. Bien qu’il ait
pu savoir qu’il s’agissait d’une thèse épicurienne, nous faisons
l’hypothèse qu’il arrive à ce résultat parce que leur ambition était
la même : sauver Démocrite sans tomber dans le scepticisme
qui lui est attribué par Aristote. Cet article compare de manière
systématique Épicure et Nicolas d’Autrécourt dans le but d’éclairer
leurs théories de la connaissance.
milieu between the end of the thirteenth and the middle of the fourteenth
century, one can find questions about the origin of the diversity of languages.
More surprisingly, these texts discuss the possibility of explaining
this diversity by means of climate theory, which has both medical and
astronomical origins. In the context of these debates, some authors come
to defend a naturalistic view of linguistic diversity by clearly opposing the
account of the dispersion of languages after the Babel episode. This paper
therefore attempts to understand the nature of this medieval questioning of
the naturalism of languages, pointing out that, apart from Epicurus and his
followers in Antiquity, few philosophers explained the variety of languages
by purely natural causes linked to the environment.
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ISSN 2465-3276
ISBN 978-88-8450-807-2
Qu’est-ce que la matière? Cette question a traversé l’histoire de la culture occidentale et a interpellé de nombreux philosophes et scientifiques, dont les théories témoignent d’une étonnante diversité. Le Moyen Âge latin a donné un apport significatif à l’élaboration de cette notion qui, à partir de Platon et d’Aristote, allait devenir l’un des pivots de la philosophie de la nature et de la métaphysique occidentales. Le colloque Micrologus dont nous publions les Actes a permis de compléter et d’approfondir l’étude des conceptions médiévales de la matière élaborées entre le XIIe et le XVIe siècle. Grâce à des approches disciplinaires diversifiées, à la prise en compte de contextes et de genres littéraires distincts ainsi que d’auteurs encore peu étudiés aujourd’hui, ces contributions permettent au lecteur de découvrir les multiples facettes que la notion de matière, ses représentations et sa perception ont revêtues dans la pensée et la culture médiévale.