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Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Riccardo Saccenti, "A Note on Two Works of George of Trebizond Edited by John Monfasani"

Mediterranea, 2024

https://journals.uco.es/mediterranea/article/view/16792 At the meeting of the Philosophical Revi... more https://journals.uco.es/mediterranea/article/view/16792

At the meeting of the Philosophical Review Club in March 2022, John Monfasani's volume 'Vindicatio Aristotelis' was the subject of a discussion. The book brings together a critical edition and a doctrinal study of two major writings by George of Trebizond, namely the 'In perversionem Problematum Aristotelis quodam Theodoro Cage editam et problematice Aristotelis philosophiae protectio', and the 'Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis'. This note presents a critical discussion of Monfasani's edition of these two texts. It first considers the Protectio, discussed by Riccardo Saccenti; then the Comparatio, reviewed by Luca Burzelli.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Il dibattito padovano sull’eternità del mondo all’inizio del XVI secolo. Una quaestio inedita di Onofrio Fontana, concorrente di Pietro Pomponazzi

Medioevo, 2022

The essay offers the edition of the first, and only, manuscript text regarding the teaching activ... more The essay offers the edition of the first, and only, manuscript text regarding the teaching activity of Onofrio Fontana, professor of philosophy and medicine at the Paduan Studium in the early 16th century. After commenting on Aristotle’s Phys. VIII, t.c. 15-18, Fontana delves into the problems of the eternity of the world and the causality exercised by God on the universe. In Fontana’s exposition, the Aristotelian thought contrasts sharply with the religious doctrine of creation. Fontana shows the incompatibility of Aristotle’s ‘physical’ arguments from the point of view of the three revealed religions. Moreover, he strives to provide a new interpretation of Aristotle himself, in order to Christianise his thought. The text is accompanied by a commentary of ancient and medieval sources, and an introduction to the debate, which compares Fontana’s position
with that of his rival professor, Pietro Pomponazzi.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, A 'heated' debate. Pietro Pomponazzi and Contarini on the nature of fire, in "Micrologus" XXXI (special issue), 2023

Micrologus - Special Issue, 2023

"Micrologus XXXI* (2023) - Special Issue. Aristotle’s De sensu in the Latin Tradition, 1250-1650"... more "Micrologus XXXI* (2023) - Special Issue. Aristotle’s De sensu in the Latin Tradition, 1250-1650", cured by M. Mantovani - R. Zambiasi - G. Zuccolin.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, Una causalità auto-limitata. Note su libero arbitrio e predestinazione secondo Gasparo Contarini

Rinascimento, 2022

Paper published in "Rinascimento", serie II, vol. 62, 2022, pp. 257-276. Abstract: This article ... more Paper published in "Rinascimento", serie II, vol. 62, 2022, pp. 257-276.

Abstract:
This article considers the issues of free will, predestination and
justification, as explored by Gasparo Contarini in his private and public letters
of the 1530s. Contarini had been developing a theory of the causal bounds
since his youth at the university. Later, from 1530 he mingled these philosophical
issues with religious problems. This double approach, which combines the
authority of Aristotle with the texts of St. Paul, characterizes three famous
letters which immediately circulated as public pamphlets, i.e., De libero arbitrio,
De praedestinatione and De justificatione. Finally, the article considers Contarini’s
position during the Colloquy of Regensburg (1541), where the cardinal proposed
a compromise theory of justification, which was closely connected with
the aforesaid letters: indeed, he pointed at a middle way «between Scylla and
Charybdis», i.e., between Augustine and Pelagius, for which the salvation of
the soul requires both divine grace and personal active participation.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - Specters of Pico: a note concerning a recent book on the 'Oratio de Dignitate Hominis'

Mediterranea, 2022

in "Mediterranea. International journal on the transfer of knowledge", 7 (2022), p. 391–422.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - «Io sono l’atomo assoluto». Sulla genesi dell’idea hegeliana di atomismo, in «Intersezioni» XL/3 (2020), pp. 313-332.

Intersezioni, 2020

This article aims to explore the meanings of the atomistic metaphor in Hegel’s published works an... more This article aims to explore the meanings of the atomistic metaphor in Hegel’s published works and academic courses. With the expression «system of atoms», Hegel does not address only to Democritus’ ancient doctrines concerning the aggregation of atoms, but also to a specific political system of the modern age: namely, that of the individualistic society, which has been developing since the fall of the Roman Empire. Hegel started employing the atomistic metaphor in Jena, when he described human associations with a scientific language taken from physical theories. Then, this connection is renewed in every following treatise as well as in the Berliner academic courses, in order to criticize a specific political model, that is Rousseau’s social contract.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Monachi et Doctores. Gli opuscoli di Gasparo Contarini sulla predicazione.

Noctua, 2020

Luca Burzelli - Monachi et Doctores. Gli opuscoli di Gasparo Contarini sulla predicazione, in <<N... more Luca Burzelli - Monachi et Doctores. Gli opuscoli di Gasparo Contarini sulla predicazione, in <>, VII/1 (2020), pp. 68-132.

The two treatises "Modus concionandi" and "Instructio pro concionatoribus" were written by Gasparo Contarini for the preachers of Belluno between 1538 and 1541. With these works, Contarini explores three aspects of the predication. First, he focuses on a rhetorical issue: the language of the predication must be adequate for an inexpert audience. Second, he suggests to censure the most complex theological issues from the field of the predication since the audience could not understand such technical concepts like predestination and causal bounds. Third, he reveals that the aim of the predication is to help a civil ethic and to avoid social disorders – like those triggered by Augustinian preachers. In the texts Contarini also shows his debt to Pietro Pomponazzi, who in his Tractatus and Apologia provided both a civic paradigm and an accusation of the bad preachers.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Tradition and Success of a Physical Treatise. The Reception of Contarini’s 'De elementis' in the Last XVIth century - Mediterranea, vol. 5 (2020), pp. 307-345

Mediterranea : international journal on the transfer of knowledge, 2020

This article aims to reconstruct the tradition of Gasparo Contarini's physical treatise De elemen... more This article aims to reconstruct the tradition of Gasparo Contarini's physical treatise De elementis, comparing all the extant witnesses. In the second part of the article, it is explored how the treatise reached a widespread diffusion and success in the universities, thanks to its clear exposition of Aristotle's doctrine. A special attention is devoted to those Renaissance philosophers and professors who quoted Contarini in order to defend Aristotle's natural philosophy against the new theories of Telesio and Campanella.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, Aspetti della tradizione aristotelica nel De immortalitate animae: Gasparo Contarini lettore di Avicenna, in "Rinascimento", seconda serie, vol. LIX (2019), pp. 365-390.

Rinascimento, 2019

The treatise De immortalitate animae by Gasparo Contarini has often been described as a summary o... more The treatise De immortalitate animae by Gasparo Contarini has often been described as a summary of Thomistic arguments with which the Venetian philosopher attempted to challenge his master, Pietro Pomponazzi, in order to defend the immortality of the soul. The aim of this article is to analyze more closely the structure of the treatise, its main arguments and the most relevant authorities used by Contarini – both openly and silently. In this context, it is important to reconsider the role of Aquinas in his argumentation and to underline the profound influence of Avicenna’s De anima. Indeed, the Persian philosopher provided Contarini with several fundamental concepts for the defense of immortality, namely substantial form and perfection, which only appear
capable of confronting Pomponazzi’s questions on the role of phantasy.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Giordano Bruno e il pensiero ontologico del Rinascimento. Note a margine di uno studio recente

in <>, settima serie, vol. XV, 2019 fasc. 1, pp. 190-205.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - La divisio entis fra Cusano e Pico. Note sulla traduzione del concetto di ens

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di lettere e filosofia, 10/2 (2018), pp. 4... more Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di lettere e filosofia, 10/2 (2018), pp. 467-494.

Book chapters by Luca BURZELLI

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Dignitas hominis and Hegel's Anthropology

In: "Erkenne Dich selbst – Anthropologische Perspektiven II". Ergänzungsband zum Hegel-Jahrbuch 2... more In: "Erkenne Dich selbst – Anthropologische Perspektiven II". Ergänzungsband zum Hegel-Jahrbuch 2018. Editors: Bowman, Brady | Gerhard, Myriam | Zovko, Jure (Hegel-Jahrbuch. Sonderband, Vol. 18).
Dunker and Humblot, Berlin 2024, pp. 1013-1020.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - La «furia della distruzione». Note sull’idea del male in Hegel

Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, 2024

In: "Il problema del male nella filosofia classica tedesca", a cura di F. Barison, S. Danzilli, A... more In: "Il problema del male nella filosofia classica tedesca", a cura di F. Barison, S. Danzilli, A. Zeccone, Napoli, IISF 2024, pp. 77-98.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Chrysostomus Javelli on Causal Efficiency and Eternal Movement: Physical Issues

Springer, 2023

In: TOMMASO DE ROBERTIS - LUCA BURZELLI (eds.), Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Chris... more In:
TOMMASO DE ROBERTIS - LUCA BURZELLI (eds.), Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Christian Thought in the Renaissance, Cham, Springer 2023. ISBN: 978-3-031-27672-9.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - The Shape of Being in Cusanus’ Metaphysics

Chapter 2 of the volume "Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität: der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Ni... more Chapter 2 of the volume "Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität:
der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues", ed. by L. Burzelli - E. Destefanis, Regensburg, Roderer 2022, pp. 19-36.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - "Unum indivisum". Il problema dell'Uno da Pico a Contarini

Estratto da "Fructibus construere folia". Omaggio a Vittoria Perrone Compagni, a cura di G. Garel... more Estratto da "Fructibus construere folia". Omaggio a Vittoria Perrone Compagni, a cura di G. Garelli e A. Rodolfi, Firenze, Società Editrice Fiorentina 2020, pp. 161-175.

Research paper thumbnail of L. BURZELLI  -  Contarini, Gasparo, in "Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy", ed. by M. Sgarbi, (Springer 2019)

Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, 2019

Gasparo Contarini was an Italian philosopher, ambassador, and cardinal. His wide range of interes... more Gasparo Contarini was an Italian philosopher, ambassador, and cardinal. His wide range of interests covered metaphysics, elementary physics, but also political history and biblical exegesis. He was an important philosophical interlocutor of Pietro Pomponazzi, Girolamo Fracastoro, and Juan Sepulveda. As ambassador of Venice, he traveled to Germany and Spain. Here he soon became close friend with the Emperor Charles V and often engaged him in conversations about their common natural-istic interests. Finally, he was appointed cardinal while he still was a layman. He was personally involved in the reform of the Church, of the administrative offices, and of the role of the bishops. He was also probably the last strong advocate of a reconciliation between Lutherans and Catholics. With this aim he presided over the failed Diet of Regens-burg, in 1541.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Die Sprachentwicklung des Cusanus hinsichtlich der Natur Gottes

"Aussprechen des Unaussprechlichen. Sprache und Kreativität bei Nikolaus von Kues", Hrsg. von Christian Kny, Susann Kabisch und Johanna Hueck, S. Roderer, Regensburg, pp. 13-27, 2020

The aim of this paper is to analyze Cusanus’ linguistical development of the ontological meanings... more The aim of this paper is to analyze Cusanus’ linguistical development of the ontological meanings, especially when they are referred to God. This analysis proceeds in two directions. Firstly, it explores shortly Cusanus’ ontology concerning the two couples, finite-infinite and complicatio-explicatio and the so-called modi essendi. Secondly, it clarifies the linguistical constructions of some expressions and concepts that structure Cusanus’ ontology.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, Cusano e la duratio. Tra sviluppi modali e anticipazioni bergsoniane

Estratto da "Tempo. Tra esattezza e infinito", Atti IX Convegno Interdisciplinare dei Dottorandi ... more Estratto da "Tempo. Tra esattezza e infinito", Atti IX Convegno Interdisciplinare dei Dottorandi e Dottori di Ricerca, 14-16 giugno 2017
a cura di Tiziano Gasbarro e Danilo Testa, UniversItalia 2019, Vol. II, pp. 195-205.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, Retrospettive e Orizzonti sulla "Civil conversazione" di Stefano Guazzo

in L. Burzelli - M. Sgattoni (eds.), Le ragioni del dialogo. Un seminario sulla "civil conversazi... more in L. Burzelli - M. Sgattoni (eds.), Le ragioni del dialogo. Un seminario sulla "civil conversazione" e la sua fortuna moderna, Urbino, Argalia 2021, pp. 11-31.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Riccardo Saccenti, "A Note on Two Works of George of Trebizond Edited by John Monfasani"

Mediterranea, 2024

https://journals.uco.es/mediterranea/article/view/16792 At the meeting of the Philosophical Revi... more https://journals.uco.es/mediterranea/article/view/16792

At the meeting of the Philosophical Review Club in March 2022, John Monfasani's volume 'Vindicatio Aristotelis' was the subject of a discussion. The book brings together a critical edition and a doctrinal study of two major writings by George of Trebizond, namely the 'In perversionem Problematum Aristotelis quodam Theodoro Cage editam et problematice Aristotelis philosophiae protectio', and the 'Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis'. This note presents a critical discussion of Monfasani's edition of these two texts. It first considers the Protectio, discussed by Riccardo Saccenti; then the Comparatio, reviewed by Luca Burzelli.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Il dibattito padovano sull’eternità del mondo all’inizio del XVI secolo. Una quaestio inedita di Onofrio Fontana, concorrente di Pietro Pomponazzi

Medioevo, 2022

The essay offers the edition of the first, and only, manuscript text regarding the teaching activ... more The essay offers the edition of the first, and only, manuscript text regarding the teaching activity of Onofrio Fontana, professor of philosophy and medicine at the Paduan Studium in the early 16th century. After commenting on Aristotle’s Phys. VIII, t.c. 15-18, Fontana delves into the problems of the eternity of the world and the causality exercised by God on the universe. In Fontana’s exposition, the Aristotelian thought contrasts sharply with the religious doctrine of creation. Fontana shows the incompatibility of Aristotle’s ‘physical’ arguments from the point of view of the three revealed religions. Moreover, he strives to provide a new interpretation of Aristotle himself, in order to Christianise his thought. The text is accompanied by a commentary of ancient and medieval sources, and an introduction to the debate, which compares Fontana’s position
with that of his rival professor, Pietro Pomponazzi.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, A 'heated' debate. Pietro Pomponazzi and Contarini on the nature of fire, in "Micrologus" XXXI (special issue), 2023

Micrologus - Special Issue, 2023

"Micrologus XXXI* (2023) - Special Issue. Aristotle’s De sensu in the Latin Tradition, 1250-1650"... more "Micrologus XXXI* (2023) - Special Issue. Aristotle’s De sensu in the Latin Tradition, 1250-1650", cured by M. Mantovani - R. Zambiasi - G. Zuccolin.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, Una causalità auto-limitata. Note su libero arbitrio e predestinazione secondo Gasparo Contarini

Rinascimento, 2022

Paper published in "Rinascimento", serie II, vol. 62, 2022, pp. 257-276. Abstract: This article ... more Paper published in "Rinascimento", serie II, vol. 62, 2022, pp. 257-276.

Abstract:
This article considers the issues of free will, predestination and
justification, as explored by Gasparo Contarini in his private and public letters
of the 1530s. Contarini had been developing a theory of the causal bounds
since his youth at the university. Later, from 1530 he mingled these philosophical
issues with religious problems. This double approach, which combines the
authority of Aristotle with the texts of St. Paul, characterizes three famous
letters which immediately circulated as public pamphlets, i.e., De libero arbitrio,
De praedestinatione and De justificatione. Finally, the article considers Contarini’s
position during the Colloquy of Regensburg (1541), where the cardinal proposed
a compromise theory of justification, which was closely connected with
the aforesaid letters: indeed, he pointed at a middle way «between Scylla and
Charybdis», i.e., between Augustine and Pelagius, for which the salvation of
the soul requires both divine grace and personal active participation.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - Specters of Pico: a note concerning a recent book on the 'Oratio de Dignitate Hominis'

Mediterranea, 2022

in "Mediterranea. International journal on the transfer of knowledge", 7 (2022), p. 391–422.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - «Io sono l’atomo assoluto». Sulla genesi dell’idea hegeliana di atomismo, in «Intersezioni» XL/3 (2020), pp. 313-332.

Intersezioni, 2020

This article aims to explore the meanings of the atomistic metaphor in Hegel’s published works an... more This article aims to explore the meanings of the atomistic metaphor in Hegel’s published works and academic courses. With the expression «system of atoms», Hegel does not address only to Democritus’ ancient doctrines concerning the aggregation of atoms, but also to a specific political system of the modern age: namely, that of the individualistic society, which has been developing since the fall of the Roman Empire. Hegel started employing the atomistic metaphor in Jena, when he described human associations with a scientific language taken from physical theories. Then, this connection is renewed in every following treatise as well as in the Berliner academic courses, in order to criticize a specific political model, that is Rousseau’s social contract.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Monachi et Doctores. Gli opuscoli di Gasparo Contarini sulla predicazione.

Noctua, 2020

Luca Burzelli - Monachi et Doctores. Gli opuscoli di Gasparo Contarini sulla predicazione, in <<N... more Luca Burzelli - Monachi et Doctores. Gli opuscoli di Gasparo Contarini sulla predicazione, in <>, VII/1 (2020), pp. 68-132.

The two treatises "Modus concionandi" and "Instructio pro concionatoribus" were written by Gasparo Contarini for the preachers of Belluno between 1538 and 1541. With these works, Contarini explores three aspects of the predication. First, he focuses on a rhetorical issue: the language of the predication must be adequate for an inexpert audience. Second, he suggests to censure the most complex theological issues from the field of the predication since the audience could not understand such technical concepts like predestination and causal bounds. Third, he reveals that the aim of the predication is to help a civil ethic and to avoid social disorders – like those triggered by Augustinian preachers. In the texts Contarini also shows his debt to Pietro Pomponazzi, who in his Tractatus and Apologia provided both a civic paradigm and an accusation of the bad preachers.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Tradition and Success of a Physical Treatise. The Reception of Contarini’s 'De elementis' in the Last XVIth century - Mediterranea, vol. 5 (2020), pp. 307-345

Mediterranea : international journal on the transfer of knowledge, 2020

This article aims to reconstruct the tradition of Gasparo Contarini's physical treatise De elemen... more This article aims to reconstruct the tradition of Gasparo Contarini's physical treatise De elementis, comparing all the extant witnesses. In the second part of the article, it is explored how the treatise reached a widespread diffusion and success in the universities, thanks to its clear exposition of Aristotle's doctrine. A special attention is devoted to those Renaissance philosophers and professors who quoted Contarini in order to defend Aristotle's natural philosophy against the new theories of Telesio and Campanella.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, Aspetti della tradizione aristotelica nel De immortalitate animae: Gasparo Contarini lettore di Avicenna, in "Rinascimento", seconda serie, vol. LIX (2019), pp. 365-390.

Rinascimento, 2019

The treatise De immortalitate animae by Gasparo Contarini has often been described as a summary o... more The treatise De immortalitate animae by Gasparo Contarini has often been described as a summary of Thomistic arguments with which the Venetian philosopher attempted to challenge his master, Pietro Pomponazzi, in order to defend the immortality of the soul. The aim of this article is to analyze more closely the structure of the treatise, its main arguments and the most relevant authorities used by Contarini – both openly and silently. In this context, it is important to reconsider the role of Aquinas in his argumentation and to underline the profound influence of Avicenna’s De anima. Indeed, the Persian philosopher provided Contarini with several fundamental concepts for the defense of immortality, namely substantial form and perfection, which only appear
capable of confronting Pomponazzi’s questions on the role of phantasy.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Giordano Bruno e il pensiero ontologico del Rinascimento. Note a margine di uno studio recente

in <>, settima serie, vol. XV, 2019 fasc. 1, pp. 190-205.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - La divisio entis fra Cusano e Pico. Note sulla traduzione del concetto di ens

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di lettere e filosofia, 10/2 (2018), pp. 4... more Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di lettere e filosofia, 10/2 (2018), pp. 467-494.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Dignitas hominis and Hegel's Anthropology

In: "Erkenne Dich selbst – Anthropologische Perspektiven II". Ergänzungsband zum Hegel-Jahrbuch 2... more In: "Erkenne Dich selbst – Anthropologische Perspektiven II". Ergänzungsband zum Hegel-Jahrbuch 2018. Editors: Bowman, Brady | Gerhard, Myriam | Zovko, Jure (Hegel-Jahrbuch. Sonderband, Vol. 18).
Dunker and Humblot, Berlin 2024, pp. 1013-1020.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - La «furia della distruzione». Note sull’idea del male in Hegel

Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, 2024

In: "Il problema del male nella filosofia classica tedesca", a cura di F. Barison, S. Danzilli, A... more In: "Il problema del male nella filosofia classica tedesca", a cura di F. Barison, S. Danzilli, A. Zeccone, Napoli, IISF 2024, pp. 77-98.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Chrysostomus Javelli on Causal Efficiency and Eternal Movement: Physical Issues

Springer, 2023

In: TOMMASO DE ROBERTIS - LUCA BURZELLI (eds.), Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Chris... more In:
TOMMASO DE ROBERTIS - LUCA BURZELLI (eds.), Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Christian Thought in the Renaissance, Cham, Springer 2023. ISBN: 978-3-031-27672-9.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - The Shape of Being in Cusanus’ Metaphysics

Chapter 2 of the volume "Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität: der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Ni... more Chapter 2 of the volume "Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität:
der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues", ed. by L. Burzelli - E. Destefanis, Regensburg, Roderer 2022, pp. 19-36.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - "Unum indivisum". Il problema dell'Uno da Pico a Contarini

Estratto da "Fructibus construere folia". Omaggio a Vittoria Perrone Compagni, a cura di G. Garel... more Estratto da "Fructibus construere folia". Omaggio a Vittoria Perrone Compagni, a cura di G. Garelli e A. Rodolfi, Firenze, Società Editrice Fiorentina 2020, pp. 161-175.

Research paper thumbnail of L. BURZELLI  -  Contarini, Gasparo, in "Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy", ed. by M. Sgarbi, (Springer 2019)

Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, 2019

Gasparo Contarini was an Italian philosopher, ambassador, and cardinal. His wide range of interes... more Gasparo Contarini was an Italian philosopher, ambassador, and cardinal. His wide range of interests covered metaphysics, elementary physics, but also political history and biblical exegesis. He was an important philosophical interlocutor of Pietro Pomponazzi, Girolamo Fracastoro, and Juan Sepulveda. As ambassador of Venice, he traveled to Germany and Spain. Here he soon became close friend with the Emperor Charles V and often engaged him in conversations about their common natural-istic interests. Finally, he was appointed cardinal while he still was a layman. He was personally involved in the reform of the Church, of the administrative offices, and of the role of the bishops. He was also probably the last strong advocate of a reconciliation between Lutherans and Catholics. With this aim he presided over the failed Diet of Regens-burg, in 1541.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Die Sprachentwicklung des Cusanus hinsichtlich der Natur Gottes

"Aussprechen des Unaussprechlichen. Sprache und Kreativität bei Nikolaus von Kues", Hrsg. von Christian Kny, Susann Kabisch und Johanna Hueck, S. Roderer, Regensburg, pp. 13-27, 2020

The aim of this paper is to analyze Cusanus’ linguistical development of the ontological meanings... more The aim of this paper is to analyze Cusanus’ linguistical development of the ontological meanings, especially when they are referred to God. This analysis proceeds in two directions. Firstly, it explores shortly Cusanus’ ontology concerning the two couples, finite-infinite and complicatio-explicatio and the so-called modi essendi. Secondly, it clarifies the linguistical constructions of some expressions and concepts that structure Cusanus’ ontology.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, Cusano e la duratio. Tra sviluppi modali e anticipazioni bergsoniane

Estratto da "Tempo. Tra esattezza e infinito", Atti IX Convegno Interdisciplinare dei Dottorandi ... more Estratto da "Tempo. Tra esattezza e infinito", Atti IX Convegno Interdisciplinare dei Dottorandi e Dottori di Ricerca, 14-16 giugno 2017
a cura di Tiziano Gasbarro e Danilo Testa, UniversItalia 2019, Vol. II, pp. 195-205.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, Retrospettive e Orizzonti sulla "Civil conversazione" di Stefano Guazzo

in L. Burzelli - M. Sgattoni (eds.), Le ragioni del dialogo. Un seminario sulla "civil conversazi... more in L. Burzelli - M. Sgattoni (eds.), Le ragioni del dialogo. Un seminario sulla "civil conversazione" e la sua fortuna moderna, Urbino, Argalia 2021, pp. 11-31.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Pietro Pomponazzi and the Renaissance Theory of the Elements. A Study with Editions of Unpublished Texts (LUP, 2024)

Leuven University Press, 2024

First ever editions of texts on the elements from Pomponazzi’s lectures on De coelo, De sensu, Me... more First ever editions of texts on the elements from Pomponazzi’s lectures on De coelo, De sensu, Meteorologica and De generatione et corruptione.

In medieval and early modern natural philosophy, very few issues were as controversial as the nature of the elements. From the thirteenth up until the sixteenth century, European thinkers discussed this problem with growing interest. Defining the nature of the elements was key to deciphering the very structure of the universe and the essence of things. Along with five primary texts, here edited for the first time, this book discusses one of the most original contributions to this debate, that of Renaissance philosopher Pietro Pomponazzi (d. 1525). Pomponazzi’s account, developed in university lectures, holds significance for two reasons. First, it provides a thorough description of the most influential doctrines on the elements presented by medieval scholars, opening a window onto three hundred years of prior discussions on the topic. Second, Pomponazzi also develops his own views on the issue, explicitly defining them as ‘heretical’ to emphasise his departure from all opinions expressed before him.

Research paper thumbnail of De Robertis-Burzelli (Eds.), Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Christian Thought in the Renaissance

Springer, 2023

Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Christian Thought in the Renaissance, ed. by T. de Rob... more Chrysostomus Javelli. Pagan Philosophy and Christian Thought in the Renaissance, ed. by T. de Robertis - L. Burzelli. Springer 2023.

Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-27673-6

Research paper thumbnail of Gasparo Contarini, Scritti Teologici, a cura di L. Burzelli, Nino Aragno 2022.

Il volume riunisce un’ampia scelta degli scritti di Gasparo Contarini sulla Chiesa e sulla teolog... more Il volume riunisce un’ampia scelta degli scritti di Gasparo Contarini sulla Chiesa e sulla teologia cattolica, redatti tra il 1530 (con la sottoscrizione della Confessione di Augusta) e il 1542 (con l’istituzione dell’Inquisizione romana), e indirizzati a personaggi di primo piano della Curia e della cultura coeva, quali Reginald Pole e Vittoria Colonna. In questo convulso intervallo della storia ecclesiastica, il progetto di Contarini per una riforma della Chiesa costituì un punto di riferimento per un ampio gruppo di prelati e intellettuali che cercava di dare vita a un rinnovamento all’altezza della sfida posta dai Protestanti e, al contempo, in linea col sogno di una reformatio della cristianità delineato nei decenni precedenti da Erasmo da Rotterdam. La raccolta degli scritti teologici di Contarini, introdotti da un ampio studio e accuratamente commentati, permette di apprezzare l’impianto sistematico del suo pensiero, seguendo l’autore tra Venezia e Roma, prima in veste di magistrato e poi come cardinale, ed entrando nel vivo dei dibattiti che agitavano la Curia degli anni Trenta.

https://www.ninoaragnoeditore.it/ultime-opere

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, La Natura e Aristotele insegnano. Studio sulla filosofia di Gasparo Contarini.

Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 2022

Gasparo Contarini (Venezia, 16 ottobre 1483 - Bologna, 24 agosto 1542) fu un esponenete dell'aris... more Gasparo Contarini (Venezia, 16 ottobre 1483 - Bologna, 24 agosto 1542) fu un esponenete dell'aristotelismo veneto e un protagonista della scena politico-religiosa veneziana ed europea nella prima metà del Cinquecento. Si formò a Padova con Pietro Pomponazzi e , pur restando al di fuori del sistema universitario, si occupò di alcuni temi assai dibattuti nel pensiero filosofico del tempo. Nominato cardinale nel 1535, fu un convinto sostenitore della riunificazione di cattolici e riformati, ma questo progetto fallì nei Colloqui di Ratisbona del 1541. Le sue opere, stamapte postume, conobbero un immediato e duraturo successo ma, data la varietà dei temi trattati, sono state fino ad ora oggeto di stusdi settoriali. In questo volume si offre per la prima volta una ricostruzione organica del suo pensiero filosofico-religioso, con particolare attenzione sia alle fonti che al contesto storico.

https://www.ivsla.it/store/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=1&products_id=370

Research paper thumbnail of Giulio Rossi 'Roscio', La restaurazione del ponte di Orte, Sette Città 2022

Giulio Rossi 'Roscio', La restaurazione del ponte di Orte, a cura di L. Burzelli, Viterbo, Sette ... more Giulio Rossi 'Roscio', La restaurazione del ponte di Orte, a cura di L. Burzelli, Viterbo, Sette Città 2022.

"La notte del 13 novembre 1514, nel mezzo di una piena del Tevere eccezionalmente potente, il ponte medievale di Orte crollò dopo quasi quattro secoli di servizio alle comunicazioni nel cuore dell’Italia. Il crollo del ponte apriva una ferita profonda nel tessuto sociale e identitario della città: Orte, infatti, non solo perdeva il suo simbolo (che ancora oggi appare nello stemma comunale), ma con esso anche la sua importanza strategica, poiché i viaggiatori e i passanti erano ormai obbligati a transitare altrove. Davanti a questo declino gli intellettuali ortani non vollero restare con le mani in mano. Quando, settant’anni dopo, trapelò la notizia che papa Sisto V intendeva ricostruire un ponte sul Tevere, il poeta Giulio Rossi, detto Roscio, scrisse personalmente al pontefice un opuscolo intitolato La restaurazione del ponte di Orte, perorando la causa della sua terra patria. In questo volume si offre il testo latino, curato in base all’unico esemplare manoscritto noto, e la prima traduzione moderna dell’opera. Il testo è corredato da un’ampia introduzione storica".

https://www.settecitta.eu/catalogo/libro/9791255240211-la-restaurazione-del-ponte-di-orte-xe70ra

Research paper thumbnail of Burzelli - Destefanis (eds.), Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität: der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues, Regensburg, Roderer 2022.

Roderer Verlag, 2022

Luca Burzelli - Elisa Destefanis (eds.), Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität: der Grenzbegriff ... more Luca Burzelli - Elisa Destefanis (eds.), Zwischen Vergangenheit und Modernität: der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues: Tra passato e modernità: il concetto di limite nel pensiero di Niccolò Cusano.

Der Band entält die Vorträge der 9. Tagung der Jungcusaner vom 28. July bis zum 1. August 2020 in der Villa Vigoni (Menaggio).

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - M. Sgattoni (eds.), Le ragioni del dialogo. Un seminario sulla "civil conversazione" e la sua fortuna moderna, Urbino, Argalia 2021.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, "Nicholas of Cusa on Sense Perception"

Paper discussed at the Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (Chicago, March 2024)

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, "Il cardinalato di Gasparo Contarini e la crisi dell’evangelismo italiano"

Paper discussed at the conference "Dal Sacco di Roma al Concilio di Trento. Trasformazioni della ... more Paper discussed at the conference "Dal Sacco di Roma al Concilio di Trento. Trasformazioni della Curia fra politica e religione" (org. G. Lettieri, L. Geri).

Roma, 25-27 September 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, "Perspectives on the Theory of the Elements in the XVI century"

Paper discussed at the conference "The Harmony of the Elements. Philosophical and Technical Persp... more Paper discussed at the conference "The Harmony of the Elements. Philosophical and Technical Perspectives from Antiquity to the Renaissance" (org. A. Ulacco, D. Morrone, L. Burzelli, M. Bellini)

Bologna, 30 November - 1 December 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli,  ¿Somos nuestras almas? Francisco de Vitoria en el debate del Renacimiento sobre la inmortalidad del alma

Paper discussed at the "V Centenario de la llegada de Francisco de Vitoria a Castilla (1523-24)" ... more Paper discussed at the "V Centenario de la llegada de Francisco de Vitoria a Castilla (1523-24)" (org. J.L. Egìo Garcìa, M. Toste).

Madrid, 24-25 January 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Mario Meliadò, "The Aristotelian Library of Nicholas of Cusa: the Case of the Metaphysics”

Paper presented at the International Conference "1973-2023: CELEBRATING HALF A CENTURY OF ARISTOT... more Paper presented at the International Conference "1973-2023: CELEBRATING HALF A CENTURY OF ARISTOTELES LATINUS IN LEUVEN" (org. L. Devriese, N. Bobovnik, C. Crialesi).
Leuven, 25-27 October 2023

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, Augustine vs Augustine. An epistemological perspective on Pierre d’Ailly’s Vigintiloquium

PARIS - 20.04.2023 Sciences et philosophie de l'antiquité à l'âge classique - Journée d'études «... more PARIS - 20.04.2023
Sciences et philosophie de l'antiquité à l'âge classique - Journée d'études
« La science des astres chez Pierre d'Ailly » org. Valérie CORDONIER (CNRS-UMR7219)

Université Paris Cité, salle Malevitch, 483A,
bât.Condorcet, 4, rue Elsa Morante, 75013

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli, "The Latin reception of Averroes on elements and mixtures (XIII-XVIc)"

Paper discussed in the International Workshop "The Logic of Matter" (org. S. Masolini, J.F. Silva... more Paper discussed in the International Workshop "The Logic of Matter" (org. S. Masolini, J.F. Silva)

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
February 16, 2023
Metsätalo, room 10

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - The Remanence of the Elements in John of Jandun.

Conference: "Jean de Jandun et son temps." Nouvelles perspectives de recherche (17-18 novembre 20... more Conference: "Jean de Jandun et son temps." Nouvelles perspectives de recherche (17-18 novembre 2022)
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - «In loco di seconda patria»: i rapporti di Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542) con Padova e lo Studio

Convegno di studi: "Università e Chiesa a Padova (sec. XIII-XX). Spazi, Interazioni, Conflitti". ... more Convegno di studi:
"Università e Chiesa a Padova (sec. XIII-XX). Spazi, Interazioni, Conflitti".
Padova, 29-30 settembre 2022.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - An Overview of Pietro Pomponazzi’s Theory of the Elements. A ‘materia tristissima’ from Aristotle to the Renaissance.

In AAIS conference, Bologna, may 2022.

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - Al tramonto delle metafisiche classiche: il De ente et uno di Pico della Mirandola

Conference: METAPHYSICA PAUPERA La speculation métaphysique humaniste (XIV e -XVI e SIÈCLES). Tou... more Conference: METAPHYSICA PAUPERA La speculation métaphysique humaniste (XIV e -XVI e SIÈCLES). Tours, CESR-Salle Rapin, Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance
15-17 June 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - "Causalità e infinità in Pietro Pomponazzi. Un dibattito padovano lungo 500 anni"

Seminario nell'ambito del ciclo "Ricerche di filosofia antica e medievale 3" (Dottorato di ricerc... more Seminario nell'ambito del ciclo "Ricerche di filosofia antica e medievale 3" (Dottorato di ricerca in filosofia) e dell'insegnamento di Storia della filosofia medievale araba
27 aprile 2022 ore 10.30-12.30 Aula Seminari, Palazzo del Capitanio & Zoom

Research paper thumbnail of Luca Burzelli - “A Self-Confessed Heresiarch. Pietro Pomponazzi and his Quaestio de remanentia elementorum in the XVI century debate”

The paper is discussed within the conference “Hylomorphism into Pieces: Elements, Atoms and Corpu... more The paper is discussed within the conference “Hylomorphism into Pieces: Elements, Atoms and Corpuscles in the Late Middle Ages”, organised by Sylvain Roudaut (Stockholm) and Nicola Polloni (Leuven), 7-8 April 2022.

Research paper thumbnail of Philosophy of the Quattrocento Between Rome and Byzantium

Philosophical Review Club (Leuven, 24/03/2022)

Research paper thumbnail of La “mens ipsa” di Cusano. Prodromi di una Geistphilosophie nel De coniecturis? (07/09/21)

This talk is discussed within the VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Filosofía Medieval, organized b... more This talk is discussed within the VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Filosofía Medieval, organized by the SOFIME (Porto 6-8 September 2021).

Research paper thumbnail of "Concordia discordantium". Augustinian Elements in Pierre d’ Ailly’s Defense of Astrology (25/02/2022, 17:00)

The talk is discussed in the Online Forum "RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY ONLINE", organized by Leonardo ... more The talk is discussed in the Online Forum "RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY ONLINE", organized by Leonardo Graciotti and Michele Merlicco.

Research paper thumbnail of <<Quot Capita, tot sententiae>>: un bilancio storiografico su Gasparo Contarini e la doppia giustificazione (Sabato 20 Giugno, 16:00)

Il seminario si svolgerà nell'ambito del <>, quarto ciclo.

Research paper thumbnail of ZWISCHEN VERGANGENHEIT UND MODERNITÄT. Der Grenzbegriff im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues

Villa Vigoni 28/07 - 01/08 - 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Im Labor der Moderne. Die Schweiz im Zeitalter der Reformation: Theologie, Ontologie und Psychologie zwischen Deutschland und Italien

Villa Vigoni 10-14/07/2019

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, A Heated Debate: Pomponazzi and Contarini on the Nature of Fire

Paper discussed in the conference "Aristotle’s De sensu in the Latin Tradition (1150-1650)", Pavi... more Paper discussed in the conference "Aristotle’s De sensu in the Latin Tradition (1150-1650)", Pavia-Leuven 13-18 September 2021.

Research paper thumbnail of De immortalitate animae. Seminario su Pietro Pomponazzi, in «Rivista di storia della filosofia», LXXIII, 1/2018, pp. 195-7.

Cronaca del Seminario tenuto presso l'Istituto nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento (Firenze, Pala... more Cronaca del Seminario tenuto presso l'Istituto nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento (Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi) nel giugno 2017, in occasione del cinquecentenario della pubblicazione del Tractatus de immortalitate animae di Pietro Pomponazzi.

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli - Review of "Gasparo Contarini, De immortalitate animae" (ed. Blum 2020).

Renaissance Quarterly, 2021

Review of: De Immortalitate Animae / On the Immortality of the Soul. Gasparo Contarini. Ed. Paul ... more Review of:
De Immortalitate Animae / On the Immortality of the Soul. Gasparo Contarini. Ed. Paul Richard Blum. Studia Classica et Mediaevalia 26. Nordhausen: Traugott Bautz, 2020
(Renaissance quarterly, 74 /4, 2021, pp. 1267-1268)

Research paper thumbnail of L. Burzelli, A new edition of Contarini's De immortalitate animae, Mediterranea 6 (2021), p. 235–242.

Mediterranea. International journal on the transfer of knowledge, 2021

Review of GASPARO CONTARINI, De immortalitate animae / On the Immortality of the Soul, edited by ... more Review of GASPARO CONTARINI, De immortalitate animae / On the Immortality of the Soul, edited by
PAUL RICHARD BLUM in cooperation with ELISABETH BLUM, JAN ČÍŽEK, MARTIN HOLAN, JAN JANOUŠEK, JOZEF
MATULA, JIŘÍ MICHALÍK, TOMÁŠ NEJESCHLEBA, LLOYD A. NEWTON, JANA SLEZÁKOVÁ, MARTIN ŽEMLA, Verlag
Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2020 (Studia Classica et Medievalia 26), 271 pp.

Research paper thumbnail of LUCA BURZELLI - A NEW EDITION OF CONTARINI'S DE IMMORTALITATE ANIMAE

Mediterranea, 2021

Long review of: GASPARO CONTARINI, De immortalitate animae / On the Immortality of the Soul, edit... more Long review of: GASPARO CONTARINI, De immortalitate animae / On the Immortality of the Soul, edited by PAUL RICHARD BLUM in cooperation with ELISABETH BLUM, JAN ČÍŽEK, MARTIN HOLAN, JAN JANOUŠEK, JOZEF MATULA, JIŘÍ MICHALÍK, TOMÁŠ NEJESCHLEBA, LLOYD A. NEWTON, JANA SLEZÁKOVÁ, MARTIN ŽEMLA, Verlag Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2020 (Studia Classica et Medievalia 26), 271 pp.

"Mediterranea. International journal on the transfer of knowledge", 6 (2021), p. 235–242

Research paper thumbnail of Interview with "Author's Corner" (LUP, June 2024): "Pietro Pomponazzi and the Renaissance Theory of the Elements"

Research paper thumbnail of Burzelli - CV (July 2024)