NOCTUA
La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno
History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age
Autore / Author: Franco Bacchelli
Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università di Bologna
Titolo / Title: Ancora su Basilio Sabazio e Scipione Capece
Abstract: Basilio Sabazio was the first in Italy to argue for the unity and corruptibility of either sublunar or celestial matter. In this paper new insight of his intellectual activity between Napoli and Milano is provided, and in particular his relationship with Scipione Capece, from whose letter to Giovan Francesco di Capua, Count of Palena (part of which is here edited) we learn that Sabazio was an expert in philology and astronomy. The surviving part of an essay by Sabazio to the astronomer Francesco Cigalini from Como is here edited with some informations about Cigalini’s reply. A newly recovered Sabazio’s astronomical work is here edited – from which his endorsement of Eraclides Ponticus’ astronomical system is evident –, as well as his Consilium to Pope Paolo III about the urgency of convening a general council.
Keywords: Basilio Sabazio; cosmology; homocentric model.
English title: On Basilio Sabazio and Scipione Capece Again
DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaVI1
Anno / Volume: VI
Fascicolo / Issue: 1-2
Pagine / Pages: 1-39
Pubblicazione / Publication date: 15/06/2019
Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaVI1
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