Giorgio Valla’s cultural activity as a humanist and physician plays a role of fundamental importance in understanding the developments that philosophy and the history of science went through in the second half of the 15th century. His collection of manuscripts and his vast work as a translator of medical treatises are not only a mere material re-appropriation of the philosophical and scientific culture of the Greek world that the Latin West had lost or known only in mediated form, but also the necessary premise for the construction of an organic system of knowledge. This system, inspired by deep Christian convictions, allowed Valla’s selection and organization of sources in the encyclopedic experiment of De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus (Venice, 1501). Traces of this process of synthesis and rewriting can also be found in the section of the Valla’s encyclopedia dedicated to the relationship between internal and external senses, specifically between imagination (phantasia o phantastikon / traduzione Latina di Valla del termine tecnico) and sensors (sense-organs). Giorgio Valla’s cultural activity as a humanist and physician plays a role of fundamental importance in understanding the developments that philosophy and the history of science went through in the second half of the 15th century. His collection of manuscripts and his vast work as a translator of medical treatises are not only a mere material re-appropriation of the philosophical and scientific culture of the Greek world that the Latin West had lost or known only in mediated form, but also the necessary premise for the construction of an organic system of knowledge. This system, inspired by deep Christian convictions, allowed Valla’s selection and organization of sources in the encyclopedic experiment of De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus (Venice, 1501). Traces of this process of synthesis and rewriting can also be found in the section of the Valla’s encyclopedia dedicated to the relationship between internal and external senses, specifically between imagination (phantasia o phantastikon / traduzione Latina di Valla del termine tecnico) and sensors (sense-organs). Giorgio Valla’s cultural activity as a humanist and physician plays a role of fundamental importance in understanding the developments that philosophy and the history of science went through in the second half of the 15th century. His collection of manuscripts and his vast work as a translator of medical treatises are not only a mere material re-appropriation of the philosophical and scientific culture of the Greek world that the Latin West had lost or known only in mediated form, but also the necessary premise for the construction of an organic system of knowledge. This system, inspired by deep Christian convictions, allowed Valla’s selection and organization of sources in the encyclopedic experiment of De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus (Venice, 1501). Traces of this process of synthesis and rewriting can also be found in the section of the Valla’s encyclopedia dedicated to the relationship between internal and external senses, specifically between imagination (phantasia o phantastikon / traduzione Latina di Valla del termine tecnico) and sensors (sense-organs).
Giorgio valla and the theory of perception between physiology and natural philosophy / Cavarra, B.; Cilione, M.. - In: MEDICINA NEI SECOLI. - ISSN 0394-9001. - 36:2(2024), pp. 91-106. [10.13133/2531-7288/2984]
Giorgio valla and the theory of perception between physiology and natural philosophy
Cavarra B.;Cilione M.
2024
Abstract
Giorgio Valla’s cultural activity as a humanist and physician plays a role of fundamental importance in understanding the developments that philosophy and the history of science went through in the second half of the 15th century. His collection of manuscripts and his vast work as a translator of medical treatises are not only a mere material re-appropriation of the philosophical and scientific culture of the Greek world that the Latin West had lost or known only in mediated form, but also the necessary premise for the construction of an organic system of knowledge. This system, inspired by deep Christian convictions, allowed Valla’s selection and organization of sources in the encyclopedic experiment of De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus (Venice, 1501). Traces of this process of synthesis and rewriting can also be found in the section of the Valla’s encyclopedia dedicated to the relationship between internal and external senses, specifically between imagination (phantasia o phantastikon / traduzione Latina di Valla del termine tecnico) and sensors (sense-organs). Giorgio Valla’s cultural activity as a humanist and physician plays a role of fundamental importance in understanding the developments that philosophy and the history of science went through in the second half of the 15th century. His collection of manuscripts and his vast work as a translator of medical treatises are not only a mere material re-appropriation of the philosophical and scientific culture of the Greek world that the Latin West had lost or known only in mediated form, but also the necessary premise for the construction of an organic system of knowledge. This system, inspired by deep Christian convictions, allowed Valla’s selection and organization of sources in the encyclopedic experiment of De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus (Venice, 1501). Traces of this process of synthesis and rewriting can also be found in the section of the Valla’s encyclopedia dedicated to the relationship between internal and external senses, specifically between imagination (phantasia o phantastikon / traduzione Latina di Valla del termine tecnico) and sensors (sense-organs). Giorgio Valla’s cultural activity as a humanist and physician plays a role of fundamental importance in understanding the developments that philosophy and the history of science went through in the second half of the 15th century. His collection of manuscripts and his vast work as a translator of medical treatises are not only a mere material re-appropriation of the philosophical and scientific culture of the Greek world that the Latin West had lost or known only in mediated form, but also the necessary premise for the construction of an organic system of knowledge. This system, inspired by deep Christian convictions, allowed Valla’s selection and organization of sources in the encyclopedic experiment of De expetendis et fugiendis rebus opus (Venice, 1501). Traces of this process of synthesis and rewriting can also be found in the section of the Valla’s encyclopedia dedicated to the relationship between internal and external senses, specifically between imagination (phantasia o phantastikon / traduzione Latina di Valla del termine tecnico) and sensors (sense-organs).Pubblicazioni consigliate
I metadati presenti in IRIS UNIMORE sono rilasciati con licenza Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal, mentre i file delle pubblicazioni sono rilasciati con licenza Attribuzione 4.0 Internazionale (CC BY 4.0), salvo diversa indicazione.
In caso di violazione di copyright, contattare Supporto Iris