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Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy

Tipo risorsa

Opera aristotelica

Autore

Breventano Stefano

Titolo

Trattato delle virtù morali

Data

1570

Descrizione

Breventano's treatise is mainly based on Aristotle's Ethics and Rhetoric, but other classical — as well as christian — authors are often quoted. A general introduction on the notion of virtue, very based on Cicero and Aristotle, is followed by sections devoted to specific virtues. Each chapter is completed by a tavola or albero aiming at a visual and easily memorisable representation of the virtue concerned. The last section focuses on the theological virtues (ff. 58v-71r). A second treatise by the same author dealing with sins follows in the manuscript (ff. 74r-125). NB: Most of the quotations from classical authors (including poets) are translated into vernacular. The copy is the autograph original version by Breventano, rich in marginal references to the sources quoted as well as in corrections and integrations.

URL

https://vari.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/5025

Nomi

• [Autore] Breventano Stefano

Data indicizzazione: 29 settembre 2020