NOCTUA

La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno

History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age

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Autore / Author: Carlo Borghero

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma «La Sapienza»

Titolo / Title: Rinascimento, rivoluzione scientifica e libertinismo erudito

Abstract: The author examines an essay by Maurizio Torrini on the scientific revolution and libertinism. Studying the reception of Galileo’s discoveries in European philosophical culture, Torrini highlights the misunderstandings and instrumental uses that libertines made of Galilean astronomy. The scientific revolution and libertinism had independent paths and even when their paths crossed, no fusion emerged between the two components. Only at the end of the seventeenth century did apologetics unify libertinism and Galilean science into one doctrine to facilitate their condemnation. The essay shows the consequences that this interpretation produces on the historiographic categories with which modern philosophy is interpreted.

Keywords: Galileo; scientific revolution; libertinism; apologetics.

English title: Renaissance, Scientific Revolution and Erudite Libertinism

DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaVI4

Anno / Volume: VI

Fascicolo / Issue: 1-2

Pagine / Pages: 182-218

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 15/06/2019

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaVI4

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