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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ovanes AkopyanPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 325 Weight: 0.580kg ISBN: 9789004363601ISBN 10: 9004363602 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 08 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Before the Disputationes 1 Scientia naturalis, Kabbalah and Celestial Spheres: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on Astrology (1486–1493) 1 Introduction 2 The Commento alla Canzone d’amore 3 The Trilogy 4 The Heptaplus and the Expositiones in Psalmos Part 2: The Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem 2 Introductory Remarks 1 Text and Its Structure 2 Edition and Authorship 3 Reading Texts: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and His Sources 4 Me quoque adolescentem olim fallebat: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola versus Prisca theologia 1 Introduction 2 Prisca theologia in Giovanni Pico’s Writings before the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem 3 On the Origin of Astrology: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Versus Prisca theologia 4 Conclusion 5 ‘Princeps aliorum’ and His Followers: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on the ‘Astrological Tradition’ in the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem 1 Introduction 2 The Use of Astrological Techniques and Its Controversies 3 Pseudo-Ptolemy’s Centiloquium in the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem 4 The Great Conjunctions, Abu Ma‘shar and ‘Other’ Astrologers 5 Medieval Christian Astrologers and the Problem of Religion in the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem 6 Conclusion 6 Back to Aristotle? Natural Philosophy in the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem Part 3: The Disputationes: Pro et contra 7 Ideological Appropriation of Giovanni Pico’s Disputationes: Girolamo Savonarola and his Contro gli astrologi 8 Praenotio, Prisca haeresis and Astrology: Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola Between Savonarola and Giovanni Pico 1 Introduction 2 The De rerum praenotione and the Quaestio de falsitate astrologiae: Praenotio Versus Prophetia 3 The Controversial Use of (Anti-)Astrological Authorities in the De rerum praenotione 4 Prisca theologia as prisca haeresis 5 Aristotle and Natural Philosophical Arguments Against Astrology 6 Conclusion 9 With ‘Latins’ Against ‘Latin Vice’: Maximus the Greek on Astrology 10 Lucio Bellanti and the Return to ‘Christian Astrology’ 11 Poet, Astrologer, Courtier: Giovanni Gioviano Pontano versus Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 12 Astrology in Francesco Zorzi’s De harmonia mundi: A Response to Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Disputationes adversus astrologiam? 13 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature IndexReviews“Debating the Stars undoubtedly opens a new horizon to understanding Pico’s Disputationes as a part of his greater intellectual enterprise. It opens further questions on how his ideas evolved and his philosophical relation to Savonarola and Gianfrancesco. As Akopyan suggests, Pico was a leading philosopher, not a mere follower of Savonarola’s ideas.” Ernesto Priani Saisó, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2023), pp. 745–746. Author InformationOvanes Akopyan, Ph.D., is a research fellow at the University of Innsbruck. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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