NOCTUA
La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno
History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age
Autore / Author: Annalisa Cappiello
Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento, Firenze
Titolo / Title: Tommaso de Vio Gaetano, Pietro Pomponazzi e la polemica sull’immortalità dell’anima. Status quaestionis e nuove scoperte
Abstract: A long historiographical tradition has claimed that the famous Pietro Pomponazzi’s Tractatus de immortalitate animae (1516) had been inspired by Tommaso de Vio’s (also called ‘Caietanus’) Commentary on De anima (1510) – whose basic thesis was that, according to the principles of Aristotelian philosophy, the human soul was mortal – even though Pomponazzi in his entire work never mentioned Caietanus as a model. Firstly, this article frames the status quaestionis focusing on affinities and divergences between the two books and on the possible relationship and exchange between the two authors, especially on the topic of the Aristotelian psychology. Secondly, the present study shows what emerges from a cross-reading of the sources which includes the collection of the Opuscula published in 1519 by the Dominican friar Bartolomeo Spina, who explicitly accused Caietanus of having paved the way for the scandalous and anti-Christian Pomponazzi’s position. The important gain of this collation of texts is the discovery of an unseen moment of debate with Caietanus inside Pomponazzi’s Tractatus.
Keywords: De anima; Pietro Pomponazzi; soul; Bartolomeo Spina; Tommaso de Vio.
English title: Tommaso de Vio Gaetano, Pietro Pomponazzi and the Polemics on the Immortality of the Soul. Status quaestionis and New Evidences
DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaV2
Anno / Volume: V
Fascicolo / Issue: 1
Pagine / Pages: 32-71
Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/02/2018
Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaV2
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