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Giovanni Pontano in the History of Ethics

Sat, March 28, 10:30am to 12:00pm, Hegelplatz, Dorotheenstrasse 24/3, Floor: Second Floor, 3.231

Abstract

My paper is a first attempt to sketch Giovanni Pontano’s place in the history of ethics in early modern Europe. On the one hand, it will focus on Pontano’s contribution to humanist moral and political thought. As I will argue, he aims at rewriting parts of the Aristotelian Ethics in Latin, elaborating on a new style of moral philosophy and setting the agenda for new topics and themes. On the other hand, it will try and gauge the impact of Pontano’s moral and political treatises on further developments in the sixteenth century, with a special emphasis on the diffusion and reception of his works in transalpine Europe.

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