Renaissance Aristotelians
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Renaissance Aristotelians were early modern European philosophers and scholars who revived, interpreted, and taught Aristotle’s works—often through medieval and ancient commentaries—within universities and humanist circles.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Renaissance Aristotelianism | 1 |
| Renaissance Aristotelians canonical | 1 |
| Renaissance biology | 1 |
| Renaissance natural philosophy | 1 |
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Target entity: Renaissance Aristotelians Context triple: [Simplicius of Cilicia, influenced, Renaissance Aristotelians]
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Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.
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Latin Averroists
Latin Averroists were a group of medieval European philosophers who adopted and developed the Aristotelian commentaries of Averroes, often advancing controversial views on the nature of the soul, intellect, and the relationship between philosophy and theology.
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Renaissance humanism
Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that emphasized the study of classical antiquity, human potential, and secular learning, laying foundations for modern Western thought.
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Baroque scholasticism
Baroque scholasticism was a late, highly systematized form of scholastic philosophy and theology that flourished in early modern Europe and helped shape the intellectual context from which Enlightenment thought emerged.
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E.
The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy
The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy is a seminal philosophical study by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes how Renaissance thinkers reconceived the relationship between human individuality and the structure of the universe.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Renaissance Aristotelians Target entity description: Renaissance Aristotelians were early modern European philosophers and scholars who revived, interpreted, and taught Aristotle’s works—often through medieval and ancient commentaries—within universities and humanist circles.
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A.
Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.
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B.
Latin Averroists
Latin Averroists were a group of medieval European philosophers who adopted and developed the Aristotelian commentaries of Averroes, often advancing controversial views on the nature of the soul, intellect, and the relationship between philosophy and theology.
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C.
Renaissance humanism
Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that emphasized the study of classical antiquity, human potential, and secular learning, laying foundations for modern Western thought.
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D.
Baroque scholasticism
Baroque scholasticism was a late, highly systematized form of scholastic philosophy and theology that flourished in early modern Europe and helped shape the intellectual context from which Enlightenment thought emerged.
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E.
The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy
The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy is a seminal philosophical study by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes how Renaissance thinkers reconceived the relationship between human individuality and the structure of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (96)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intellectual tradition
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philosophical movement ⓘ scholarly community ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
defend Aristotelian philosophy in university teaching
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reconcile Aristotle with Christian doctrine ⓘ update Aristotelianism with new philological methods ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Aristotle ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
commentary tradition
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curricular standardization ⓘ systematic disputation ⓘ use of humanist philology ⓘ use of scholastic methods ⓘ |
| contextOf |
Reformation and Counter-Reformation debates
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rise of early modern science ⓘ transition from medieval to early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| debated |
eternity of the world
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immortality of the soul ⓘ nature of motion ⓘ relationship between faith and reason ⓘ status of substantial forms ⓘ structure of the heavens ⓘ unity of the intellect ⓘ |
| engagedWith |
Reformation theologians
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Renaissance Averroists ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Averroists
Renaissance Platonists ⓘ
linked to:
Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance humanists ⓘ early modern mathematicians ⓘ early modern physicians ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cartesianism
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early modern anti-Aristotelianism ⓘ mechanical philosophy ⓘ |
| hadNotableMember |
Agostino Nifo
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Cesare Cremonini ⓘ Francesco Piccolomini ⓘ
linked to:
Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini
Francisco Suárez ⓘ Giovanni Pico della Mirandola ⓘ
linked to:
Pico della Mirandola
Giovanni de’ Celaya ⓘ Giulio Pace ⓘ Jacopo Zabarella ⓘ John Case ⓘ Pedro da Fonseca ⓘ Pietro Pomponazzi ⓘ |
| hasGeographicScope |
England
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Europe ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italy ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ early 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jesuit education
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Reformation-era scholasticism ⓘ early modern ethics ⓘ early modern metaphysics ⓘ early modern natural philosophy ⓘ university curricula in early modern Europe ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Averroism
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linked to:
Latin Averroists
Greek philology ⓘ Scotism ⓘ Thomism ⓘ humanism ⓘ medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| precededBy | medieval Aristotelianism ⓘ |
| produced |
commentaries on Aristotle
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disputations ⓘ lectures ⓘ paraphrases of Aristotelian works ⓘ textbooks ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Jesuit scholasticism
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linked to:
Baroque scholasticism
Renaissance Averroism ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Averroists
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ scholastic Aristotelianism ⓘ |
| studied |
Aristotle’s ethics
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linked to:
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle’s logical works ⓘ Aristotle’s metaphysics ⓘ
linked to:
Metaphysics by Aristotle
Aristotle’s natural philosophy ⓘ Aristotle’s politics ⓘ
linked to:
Aristotle's Politics
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| taughtAt |
European universities
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Italian universities ⓘ University of Bologna ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Oxford ⓘ University of Padua ⓘ University of Paris ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
arts faculties
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medical faculties ⓘ theology faculties ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ vernacular European languages ⓘ |
| usedSource |
Arabic commentaries on Aristotle
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ancient Greek commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ medieval Latin commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ |
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