PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, Giovanni Francesco. Examen vanitatis doctrinae gentium, et veritatis Christianae disciplinae, distinctum in libros sex.Mirandola, Giovanni Mazzocchi, 1520.
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Armorial binding of Pope Pius VI, brown calf marbled plates framed by gilt roll-stamp, in the centre the papal coat of arms in gold, ribbed back, labels in panels with title, date and floral friezes, endpapers in paper decorated woodcut; cc. [6], CCVIII, Sig. 1⁶ A-2L⁶ 2M⁴; Colophon to 2M1r paper, Marca 2M4r card. Spaces for initial with guide letters, type greek and roman. Exemplary belonged to Joseph Martini, with dense handwritten notations at the endpaper.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION.
The first exposition of greek skepticism in the modern world. It is the main work of John Francis, in which he attacks the philosophical systems of ancient and especially the Aristotelian philosophy, including St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomistic thought. Pico challenges the belief in knowledge and reason that allow only come to arbitrary conclusions. Taking some typical argument of skepticism of Pyrrho and Sextus, the philosopher denies the validity of syllogisms and of inductive reasoning and devalues the idea of causality: nothing is knowable, while faith can only be based on a revelation. Nauert: “Gianfrancesco's most important philosophical work, probably written sometime after 1510 and published in 1520, was Examen vanitatis doctrinae gentium, which is especially important because it marks the first serious attempt to adapt the Pyrrhonist (radically skeptical) philosophical ideas of the Hellenistic philosopher Sextus Empiricus to contemporary intellectual discourse.”
Adams P:1156; Charles G. Nauert: Historical Dictionary of Renaissance, 2004, p. 340. See Popkin: The History of Scepticism. From Savonarola to Bayle, 2003; Schmitt: Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola (1469-1533) and his critique of Aristotle, 1967; Copenhaver & Schmitt: Renaissance Philosophy, 1992.
Nice condition, the second vol. shows slight sign of restoration on the fron cover the binding, uncut specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Armorial binding of Pope Pius VI, brown calf marbled plates framed by gilt roll-stamp, in the centre the papal coat of arms in gold, ribbed back, labels in panels with title, date and floral friezes, endpapers in paper decorated woodcut; cc. [6], CCVIII, Sig. 1⁶ A-2L⁶ 2M⁴; Colophon to 2M1r paper, Marca 2M4r card. Spaces for initial with guide letters, type greek and roman. Exemplary belonged to Joseph Martini, with dense handwritten notations at the endpaper.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION.
The first exposition of greek skepticism in the modern world. It is the main work of John Francis, in which he attacks the philosophical systems of ancient and especially the Aristotelian philosophy, including St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomistic thought. Pico challenges the belief in knowledge and reason that allow only come to arbitrary conclusions. Taking some typical argument of skepticism of Pyrrho and Sextus, the philosopher denies the validity of syllogisms and of inductive reasoning and devalues the idea of causality: nothing is knowable, while faith can only be based on a revelation. Nauert: “Gianfrancesco's most important philosophical work, probably written sometime after 1510 and published in 1520, was Examen vanitatis doctrinae gentium, which is especially important because it marks the first serious attempt to adapt the Pyrrhonist (radically skeptical) philosophical ideas of the Hellenistic philosopher Sextus Empiricus to contemporary intellectual discourse.”
Adams P:1156; Charles G. Nauert: Historical Dictionary of Renaissance, 2004, p. 340. See Popkin: The History of Scepticism. From Savonarola to Bayle, 2003; Schmitt: Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola (1469-1533) and his critique of Aristotle, 1967; Copenhaver & Schmitt: Renaissance Philosophy, 1992.
Nice condition, the second vol. shows slight sign of restoration on the fron cover the binding, uncut specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
