PT Journal
AU Nejeschleba, T
TI Francesco Piccolomini's Platonism and Nicolas of Cusa in the "Peripatetic Exercise" of Johannes Jessenius On Divine and Human Philosophy
SO Aither
PY 2020
BP 216
EP 230
VL 12
IS 2
DI 10.5507/aither.2020.012
AB The aim of the article is to analyse Johannes Jessenius' book (1565-1621) De divina humanaque philosophia (Padua 1591). The book is titled progymnasma peripateticum and was a product of Jessenius' philosophical studies in Padua. Although it was earlier characterized as a disputation written in a traditional Aristotelian- Scholastic way, the analysis shows that Jessenius followed up on Platonising the Aristotelianism of his teacher Francesco Piccolomini and incorporated certain Platonic elements into an Aristotelian pattern. In addition, the book contains passages that appear to be inspired by the works of Nicolas of Cusa at least with respect to philosophical terminology. Jessenius' Padua disputation thus confirms the dissemination of Cusanus' philosophy in 16</sup>th</sup> century Italy.
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