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De anima intelligente
Theories of Cognition in Jesuit Parisian Course Notes (1564â1610)
Series: - History of Early Modern Educational Thought, Volume: 8
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Long overlooked and often misunderstood, Renaissance philosophy has been described by Dame Frances A. Yates as a âno manâs landâ between the medieval and the modern. While standard narratives tend to leap from the end of scholasticism to the dawn of modern philosophy, this book pauses to ask: what happened in between? Focusing on Jesuit classrooms in 16th-century Paris, it uncovers the theories of cognition taught to generations of students. In doing so, it brings to light a vitalâyet often forgottenâchapter in the history of ideas, revealing how Renaissance scholasticism helped shape the intellectual foundations of the modern age.
Anna Tropia (Ph.D. Macerata, 2011), is Associate Professor of Medieval Philosophy at Charles University in Prague. She has widely published on medieval and early modern theories of cognition, including La teoria della conoscenza di Francisco Macedo. Un filosofo tra Tommaso e Scoto (Carocci, 2020). She co-edited Rethinking Intentionality, Person and the Essence: Aquinas, Scotus, Stein (Brill, 2024).
This book targets advanced scholars and postgraduate students in Renaissance and early modern philosophy, second scholasticism, and history of ideas, while also guiding younger students in research approaches. Keywords: Jesuit philosophy; in-class teaching; science of the soul; Aristotelianism; scholastic philosophy; student notebooks; Parisian Jesuits; theory of the intellect; agent intellect; intelligible species.