Chrysostomus Javelli Pagan Philosophy and Christian Thought in the Renaissance

The volume provides the first book-length study of Chrysostomus Javelli’s philosophical works. An Italian university professor and a prominent figure in the intellectual landscape of sixteenth-century Europe, Javelli (ca. 1470-1540) was the author of insightful commentaries on both Plato and Aristotle as well as of original works in which he laid the foundations of a new Christian philosophy. In this volume, a group of leading scholars from around the world guide readers through the many facets of Javelli’s philosophical corpus, showing the long-term impact of his ideas on Western philosophical thought. The twelve essays of this volume shed light on an understudied yet central figure of Renaissance culture, revealing new connections and unexplored influences. This book is a valuable tool for students and scholars of early modern philosophy, classical tradition, and Christian theology, contributing to the understanding of a neglectedchapter of Western intellectual history.

Tommaso De Robertis (University of Pennsylvania) is a scholar of Renaissance philosophy, with a special interest in the reception of Aristotle’s oeuvre. Together with Valérie Cordonier, he has recently authored a book-length study with edition and English translation of Javelli’s epitome of Aristotle’s Liber de bona fortuna (Brill, 2021).

Luca Burzelli (KU Leuven) is a scholar of medieval and Renaissance philosophy. He works on the history of Aristotelianism, focusing in particular on the reception of Aristotle’s natural philosophy from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. He published extensively on Pietro Pomponazzi’s theory of the elements. Recently, he contributed two monographs on the cardinal and philosopher Gasparo Contarini (Scritti teologici, Torino 2022; La natura e Aristotele insegnano. Studio sulla filosofia di Gasparo Contarini, Venezia 2022