Boccaccio The Philosopher: An Epistemology Of The Decameron (the New Middle Ages)
by Filippo Andrei /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores the tangled relationship between literary
production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one
of the masterpieces of Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues
that Giovanni Boccaccio's
This book explores the tangled relationship between literary
production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one
of the masterpieces of Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues
that Giovanni Boccaccio'sDecameron
Decameron has a
significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that
the philosophical implications of its narratives can be
understood through an epistemological approach to the text. He
analyzes the influence of Dante, Petrarch, Thomas Aquinas,
Aristotle, and other classical and medieval thinkers on
Boccaccio's attitudes towards ethics and
knowledge-seeking. Beyond providing an epistemological
reading of the
has a
significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that
the philosophical implications of its narratives can be
understood through an epistemological approach to the text. He
analyzes the influence of Dante, Petrarch, Thomas Aquinas,
Aristotle, and other classical and medieval thinkers on
Boccaccio's attitudes towards ethics and
knowledge-seeking. Beyond providing an epistemological
reading of theDecameron
Decameron, this book also evaluates
how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic
imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of
knowledge.
, this book also evaluates
how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic
imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of
knowledge.
