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.

The first and only book discussing Chrysostomus Javelli's philosophy and its impact on early modern European thought The book discusses the relation between pagan philosophy and Christian theology after Lutheran Reformation The book is an invaluable tool for scholars studying the intellectual life of Renaissance Europe

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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

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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.

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Preface.- PART I. CONTEXT.- Chapter 1 Michael Tavuzzi, Chrysostomus Javelli OP (ca. 1470-1540): A Biographical Introduction.- Chapter 2 Annalisa Cappiello, Javelli, Pomponazzi, and the immortality of the soul: From the 'Solutiones' (1519) to the 'Tractatus de indeficientia' (1536).- PART II. ARISTOTELIAN COMMENTARIES.- Chapter 3 Pietro B. Rossi, Javelli's Compendium Logicae and the exegesis of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in the Renaissance.- Chapter 4 Luca Burzelli, Chrysostomus Javelli on causal efficiency and eternal movement: physical arguments.- Chapter 5 Michael Engel, Harvaeus Natalis and Chrysostomus Javelli on Averroes' Account of Creation: A Thomist controversy concerning metaphysics.- Chapter 6 Leonardo Graciotti, Reading Aristotle's De sensu et sensato': Javelli's discussion of extramission and intromission theories of vision.- Chapter 7 Claus A. Andersen, Javelli and the reception of the Scotist system of distinctions in Renaissance Thomissm.- PART III. PLATONIC COMMENTARIES.- Chapter 8 Maude Vanhaelen, Interpreting Plato through Plato: Javelli's commentaries on Plato's moral and political philosophy.- Chapter 9 Eva Del Soldato, Using Ficino: Chrysostomus Javelli on Love and amor sui.- PART IV. CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY.- Chapter 10 Tommaso De Robertis, Neither Plato nor Aristotle: Javelli's project of Christian philosophy.- Chapter 11. Tomá Machula, Javelli's Christian Moral Philosophy.- Chapter 12 Rita Ramberti, Javelli on predestination. A Thomistic view on ordo and dispositio in his last works.