The commentary of the Italian physician and philosopher Pietro d?Abano on Bartholomew of Messina?s Latin translation of Pseudo-Aristotle?s 'Problemata Physica', published in 1310, constitutes an important historical source. In a section of the corpus Aristotelicum that was not p…
The commentary of the Italian physician and philosopher Pietro d?Abano on Bartholomew of Messina?s Latin translation of Pseudo-Aristotle?s 'Problemata Physica', published in 1310, constitutes an important historical source. In a section of the corpus Aristotelicum that was not p…
The commentary of the Italian physician and philosopher Pietro d?Abano on Bartholomew of Messina?s Latin translation of Pseudo-Aristotle?s 'Problemata Physica', published in 1310, constitutes an important historical source. In a section of the corpus Aristotelicum that was not p…
Dit handboek heeft als uitgangspunt dat de filosofie wezenlijk historisch is. De verwondering die de filosofie beheerst, en de "eeuwige" vragen die de mens zich stelt, blijven gebonden aan hun specifieke ontstaanscontext. De antwoorden zijn interpretaties van de werkelijkheid te…
In het eerste deel van de reeks 'Operatheek' breekt musicoloog Steven Vande Moortele een lans voor de 'Szenen aus Goethes Faust', het monumentale meesterwerk voor solisten, koor en orkest van Robert Schumann. In drie hoofdstukken gaat deze compacte gids achtereenvolgens in op Sc…
An in-depth analysis of oracular divination in Plutarch's thought. Oracular divination was of special concern for Plutarch of Chaeronea (45-120 AD), Platonic philosopher as well as priest at the oracle of Apollo in Delphi. The peculiar nature of Delphic divination as an (im)perf…
Témoignage intéressant sur la vie intellectuelle et la vie tout court des grands humanistes. 0Le présent recueil entend apporter une nouvelle contribution à la connaissance des écrits des grands humanistes du 15ème au 16ème siècle. Certes, le volume consacré à l’échange de …
This book explores the question whether the approaches developed in the so-called New or Material Philology can be applied to the study of Renaissance Latin literature. Two contributions in this volume focus on theoretical issues, the first presenting a critical assessment of th…
La straordinaria polifonia di lingue che caratterizza le letterature nazionali di età moderna è ormai un dato acquisito nelle più aggiornate ricostruzioni di storia letteraria. Meno nota è forse la dialettica vivace che innerva questo delicato equilibrio, nel quale ? almeno in I…
In his letter ‘Against Monastic LifeÂ’ (1514–17) Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his ‘EmblemataÂ’, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Churc…
In his 'Quaestiones naturales', Plutarch unmistakeably demonstrates a huge interest in the world of natural phenomena. The work of this famous intellectual and philosopher from Chaeronea consists of forty-one natural problems that address a wide variety of questions, sometimes r…
In this book, the authors analyse the full spectrum of the issue, including the emergence of such laws; the political discussions; the standpoints defended in the media by professionals, ethicists, and politicians; the votes in the parliaments; the political interventions of the…
Throughout the Ancien Régime, mythology played a vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi's 'La favola d'Orfeo' (1607) and Christoph Gluck's 'Iphigénie en Tauride' (1779). The operatic presence of the Greco-Roman gods and heroes was anything bu…
Throughout the Ancien Régime, mythology played a vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi's 'La favola d'Orfeo' (1607) and Christoph Gluck's 'Iphigénie en Tauride' (1779). The operatic presence of the Greco-Roman gods and heroes was anything bu…