QUADERNI DI NOCTUA
La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno. Studi e testi
History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age. Studies and Editions
Autore / Author: Cristiano Casalini
Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Parma – Boston College
Titolo / Title: Pererio ‘cattivo maestro’: su un cold case nella storia della pedagogia gesuitica
Abstract: Benet Pererio (1535-1610) began teaching philosophy at the Collegio Romano in 1559. A few years later, the rector, Diego Ledesma, and another professor of the Collegio, Achille Gagliardi, accused him of endorsing Averroistic positions during his lectures. This episode has recently been studied, among others, by Paul Richard Blum, who has blurred the lines of the alleged Averroism of Pererius, identifying a series of sources, often Neo-Platonic, which suggest an exploitation of the allegation of Averroism by Ledesma. In turn, Christoph Sander argued that the point of quarrel was not so much about the content as about the way of teaching philosophy by Pererio. In my article, on the other hand, the ‘Pererio case’ is re-considered in the light of some manuscript sources which show how in Pereiro’s intellectual path the positions of the major philosophical authorities, starting with Aristotle, could not withstand the test of rational investigation: Theophrastus, Themistius, Simplicius and Averroes, up to Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas. Pereiro, accordingly, found himself freed from ‘sacred authorities’, and, if exalting Averroes, he did so only as a commentator, but without adhering to his doctrines.
Keywords: Benet Pererio; Averroism; Diego Ledesma; academic teaching; philosophical authorities.
English title: Pererio as a ‘Bad Teacher’: On a Cold Case in the History of Jesuit Pedagogy
DOI: 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua2-3
Volume: 2
Pagine / Pages: 59-110
Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/08/2014
Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua2-3
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