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Schuessler, Rudolf:
Gerson and Epicurus.
In: Iribarren, Isabel
(ed.):
Gerson Rhénan : Itinéraires culturels et circulation des textes dans l’Europe rhénane, XVe–XVIe siècles. -
Turnhout
: Brepols
,
2024
. - pp. 461-491
. - (Studia Humanitatis Rhenana
; 6
)
ISBN 978-2-503-61075-7
Abstract in another language
Recent scholarship on the medieval image of Epicurus finds no special role for Jean Gerson. However, Pierre Gassendi, the main promoter of early modern Neo-Epicureanism, assumed that Gerson initiated the philosophical rehabilitation of Epicurus by claiming that two philosophers of that name existed, one virtuous and the other dissolute. Gassendi’s influence made Gerson a central figure in the earliest historiography of the revival of Epicurean thought in the Renaissance. Ironically, if all references to Epicurus or the Epicureans in Gerson’s oeuvre are accounted for, the impression that he held a positive view of Epicurus is not confirmed. Still, a wealth of Lucretian concepts and wordings are apparently present in Gerson’s works. The article argues that we should not be as sure as commonly assumed that Lucretius’ De rerum natura was not accessed in Paris before its rediscovery by Poggio Bracciolini in 1417. A note in a book catalogue of a canon of Notre Dame should at least nourish doubts in this respect.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a book |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Chair Philosophy II > Chair Philosophy II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schüßler |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and psychology > 100 Philosophy 100 Philosophy and psychology > 180 Ancient, medieval and Eastern philosophy |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2025 06:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 May 2025 06:54 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/93621 |