{"product_id":"elijah-del-medigo-and-paduan-aristotelianism-investigating-the-human-intellect-9781474268493","title":"Elijah del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism: Investigating the Human Intellect","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Engel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Renaissance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElijah Del Medigo (1458-1493) was a Jewish Aristotelian philosopher living in Padua, whose work influenced many of the leading philosophers of the early Renaissance. His \u003ci\u003eTwo Investigations on the Nature of the Human Soul\u003c\/i\u003e uses Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eDe anima\u003c\/i\u003e to theorize on two of the most discussed and most controversial philosophical debates of the Renaissance: the nature of human intellect and the obtaining of immortality through intellectual perfection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Michael Engel places Del Medigo's philosophical work and his ideas about the human intellect within the context of the wider Aristotelian tradition. Providing a detailed account of the unique blend of Hebrew, Islamic, Latin and Greek traditions that influenced the \u003ci\u003eTwo Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Aristotelian Tradition and Elijah Del Medigo\u003c\/i\u003e provides an important contribution to our understanding of Renaissance Aristotelianisms and scholasticisms. In particular, through his defense of the Muslim philosopher Averroes' hotly debated interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eDe anima\u003c\/i\u003e and his rejection of the moderate Latin Aristotelianism championed by the Christian Thomas Aquinas, Engel traces how Del Medigo's work on the human intellect contributed to the development of a major Aristotelian controversy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInvestigating the ways in which multicultural Aristotelian sources contributed to his own theory of a united human intellect, \u003ci\u003eThe Aristotelian Tradition and Elijah Del Medigo\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the significant impact made by this Jewish philosopher on the history of the Aristotelian tradition.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45083475280023,"sku":"9781474268493","price":17740.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474268493.webp?v=1767142633","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/elijah-del-medigo-and-paduan-aristotelianism-investigating-the-human-intellect-9781474268493","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}