Gasparo Contarini was the first to write a critique of the treatise On the Immortality of the Soul by his teacher Pietro Pomponazzi. The future Cardinal claims that the human soul can be perfected during life with the body and that it is philosophically sound - and not only an article of faith - that the soul is immortal. Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542) was a member of a patrician family in Venice. He studied in Padua, among others with Pietro Pomponazzi, before engaging in the duties of a diplomat for his city. Due to his merits in negotiating with the Protestants he was created Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. In his scarce leisure time he kept writing philosophical and scientific studies. The editors are a group of scholars connected with Palacký University in Olomouc (Czech Republic).

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Introduction1. On the Genesis of this Edition - Acknowledgments2. Contarini on Immortality3. The Opening of the Treatise4. The Conclusion5. Some arguments6. Life and Philosophy7. Technical Notes on the Edition8. Citations and AbbreviationsGASPARO CONTARINIDE IMMORTALITATE ANIMAE / ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOULLiber PrimusBook OneIntroductionPart I: InvestigationPart II: Aristotle's opinionLiber SecundusBook TwoContarini's PremissesPomponazzi's Arguments for the Materiality of the SoulSome passages from AristotleIndex