Vindicatio Aristotelis : two works of George of Trebizond in the Plato-Aristotle controversy of the fifteenth century / edited and translated by John Monfasani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486, author.

Contributor:

Monfasani, John, editor, translator.

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 573.

Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies ; volume 573

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486. Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis.

George.

George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486. Protectio Aristotelis problematum.

Aristotle.

Plato.

Physical Description:

xiv, 1085 pages, 57 pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Two works of George of Trebizond in the Plato-Aristotle controversy of the fifteenth century

George of Trebizond in the Plato-Aristotle controversy of the fifteenth century

Place of Publication:

Tempe, Arizona : Arizona Center for Medieval Studies, 2021.

Language Note:

Latin, with English translation on facing pages; critical matter in English.

Summary:

"The Greek philosopher George of Trebizond started the Plato-Aristotle Controversy of the Renaissance with two works published in Rome in the late 1450s. The first was his Protectio Aristotelis Problematum (The Protection of Aristotle's Problemata), which was as much a treatise on translation as it was a polemic in defense of Aristotle. The second was his Comparatio Philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis (A Comparison of the Philosophers Plato and Aristotle). This publication is the critical edition. It analyze the background, themes, and arguments of the works, as well as offering the texts themselves in new English translations."-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Table of Plates

Introduction

1. Background

1.1. Context

1.2. Date

1.3. George of Trebizond and Cardinal Bessarion

2. Themes and Arguments

2.1. Fidus Interpres

2.2. The Myth of Aristotle's Golden Stream and the Difference between Genres

2.3. The Protectio as Expose: Theodore Gaza's Bowdlerization of the Problemata

2.4. George Gemistus Pletho

3. Ludwig Mohler's Edition and the Manuscripts

3.1. The Editio Princeps of Ludwig Mohler

3.2. Description of the Manuscripts

3.3. Ancillary Manuscripts and Sources

3.4. Filiation of Manuscripts

3.4.1. The a Family

3.4.2. The β and γ Families

3.4.3. Stemma Codicum and Sigla

4. Principles of the Edition

4.1. Recording of Variants

4.2. Chapter Headings

4.3. Orthography

Georgii Trapezuntii in Perversionem Problematum Aristotelis Protectio

Appendix 1: Concordance between the Problems in George of Trebizond's Translation of the Aristotelian Problemata and the Problems in Modern Editions of the Greek Text

Appendix 2: Problems Discussed by George of Trebizond in His Protectio Problematum Aristotelis

Appendix 3: George of Trebizond's Two Tabulae Problematum in MS BAV, Urb. Lat. 1322

Appendix 4: An Edition of Books 1, 4, and 30 of the Aristotelian Problemata in George of Trebizond's Latin Translation

Appendix 5: Theodore Gaza's Preface to Pope Nicholas V for His Translation of Pseudo-Aristotle's Problemata

Appendix 6: Preface of Nicolaus Gupalatinus to Pope Sixtus IV for Theodore Gaza's Translation of pseudo-Aristotle's Problemata

Table of Plates

1. Date

2. Background

3. Themes

3.1. Philosophy

3.2. Apocalypticism, Homosexuality, and Anti-Clericalism

4. Descriptions of Manuscripts and the Editio Unica

5. The Text

5.1. Title

5.2. Filiation

5.2.1. The α Family and MS c

5.2.2. The β Family

5.2.3. The γ Family

5.2.4. The δ Family

5.3. Summary, Sigla, and Stemma Codicum

6. Fortuna

6.1. Manuscript Diffusion

6.2. The Edition of Venice, 1523

7. Principles of the Edition

8. Two Prefaces and an Oration to Mehmed II

8.1. Preface to Iacopo Antonio Marcello

8.2a. Oration to Mehmed II

8.2b. Preface to Mehmed II

Sigla in the Apparatus

Georgii Trapezuntii Comparatio Philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis et De Aristotelis Prestantia.

Notes:

Translated from the Latin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 975-1012) and indexes.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Contains:

George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486. Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis. English

George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486. Protectio Aristotelis problematum. English.

ISBN:

9780866986311

0866986316

OCLC:

1263818315

Publisher Number:

99990693925