Discorso sopra la felicità humana
Aristotelian work
Date:
Work ref: 228
Multiple work: No
Type: Prose
Genre
LectureRelated to Aristotle's
Nicomachean EthicsDescription
The Discorso sopra la felicità humana is a short treatise in the form of a lecture mainly dealing with the notion of human happiness and the distinction between contemplative and active life. The main source is Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, often referred to, but Francesco de Vieri mentions other sources as well (Plato and several Latin authors).Manuscript copies
Florence, BNC, Magl. XXI.29Bibliography
Colaneri 1973 (mentioned).Citation
Eugenio Refini, ‘Discorso sopra la felicità humana’, in Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy Database (VARIDB)
<https://vari.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/5122> [accessed 9 June 2023]
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