Boccaccio the Philosopher

An Epistemology of the Decameron

Filippo Andrei (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 259 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87953-6 (ISBN)

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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 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 Decameron, this book also evaluates how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of knowledge.

Filippo Andrei is Adjunct Professor at the California State University International Program in Florence. He has previously held the position of Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Born in Florence, his research interests include Italian Literature, Romance Philology and Medieval Latin Literature. His essays have appeared in several specialized journals.

INTRODUCTION: The Language of Knowledge in the Decameron.- Deified Men and Humanized Gods: The Epistemic Character of the Fabula.- Boccaccio's Mountain and the Voyage of the Soul.- The Motto and the Enigma: Rhetoric and Knowledge in the Sixth Day.- Practical Philosophy and Theory of Action in the Decameron.- CONCLUSION. Further Epistemological Considerations and Broader Implications.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.11.2018
Reihe/Serie	The New Middle Ages
Zusatzinfo	XI, 259 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	359 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Boccaccio and cognition • Boccaccio and rhetoric • Boccaccio's attitude towards philosophy • Boccaccio's experiences at the Studium of the Bibl • Boccaccio's experiences at the Studium of the Biblioteca Reale • Boccaccio's storytelling and wisdom • Boccaccio's theories on knowledge acquisition • Connection between rhetoric and knowledge • Elegia di Costanza • Ethics in the Decameron • exemplum tradition • Filocolo • Genealogie deorum gentilium • Influence of Aristotle on Boccaccio • Influence of Petrarch on Boccaccio • Influence of Thomas Aquinas on Boccaccio • medieval concept of honesty • Medieval Italian poetry and philosophy • Natural Law, Thomistic ethics, and the Decameron • Neo-Platonic epistemology • Second Day of the Decameron and Dante's Commedia
ISBN-10	3-319-87953-7 / 3319879537
ISBN-13	978-3-319-87953-6 / 9783319879536
Zustand	Neuware