Dialogo chiamato Francesco di Bargas

Aristotelian work
Date:

Work ref: 179
Multiple work: No
Type: Prose

Author

Anonymous
()

Dedicatee

Extant versions

Manuscript copies

Genre

Dialogue

Related to Aristotle's

On the Soul

Branch of Philosophy

Natural Philosophy
—Psychology

Description

The anonymous author of the dialogue stages two Spanish characters — Francesco di Bargas and Iacobo Casaglia from Malaga: both disciples of a certain Gian Rodrighes (Juan Rodriguez), they discuss the recent publication of a Latin dialogue by Antonio Mainero on the immortality of the soul. Aristotle is often mentioned in the text, which also draws from Alexander of Aphrodisias and Averroes. The dialogue is followed in the Paduan ms. by other dialogues respectively concerning predestination and human happiness.

Manuscript copies

Padua, BU, 64

Bibliography




Original Record Author
Eugenio Refini
Record Last Updated On
07/03/2013
Record Last Updated By

Citation
Eugenio Refini, ‘Dialogo chiamato Francesco di Bargas’, in Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy Database (VARIDB)
  <https://vari.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/5073> [accessed 19 April 2024]