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Boccaccio The Philosopher by Filippo Andrei, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Boccaccio The Philosopher by Filippo Andrei, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
From Filippo Andrei
Current price: $145.95
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Boccaccio The Philosopher by Filippo Andrei, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
From Filippo Andrei
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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'sDecameronhas 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, this book also evaluates how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of knowledge. | Boccaccio The Philosopher by Filippo Andrei, Paperback | Indigo Chapters