{"product_id":"9781474268509","title":"Elijah Del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism: Investigating the Human Intellect","description":"Elijah Del Medigo (1458-1493) was a Jewish Aristotelian philosopher living in Padua, whose work influenced many of the leading philosophers of the early Renaissance. His \u003ci\u003eTwo Investigations on the Nature of the Human Soul\u003c\/i\u003e uses Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eDe anima\u003c\/i\u003e to theorize on two of the most discussed and most controversial philosophical debates of the Renaissance: the nature of human intellect and the obtaining of immortality through intellectual perfection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Michael Engel places Del Medigo's philosophical work and his ideas about the human intellect within the context of the wider Aristotelian tradition. Providing a detailed account of the unique blend of Hebrew, Islamic, Latin and Greek traditions that influenced the \u003ci\u003eTwo Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElijah Del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism\u003c\/i\u003e provides an important contribution to our understanding of Renaissance Aristotelianisms and scholasticisms. In particular, through his defense of the Muslim philosopher Averroes' hotly debated interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eDe anima\u003c\/i\u003e and his rejection of the moderate Latin Aristotelianism championed by the Christian Thomas Aquinas, Engel traces how Del Medigo's work on the human intellect contributed to the development of a major Aristotelian controversy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigating the ways in which multicultural Aristotelian sources contributed to his own theory of a united human intellect, \u003ci\u003eElijah Del Medigo and Paduan Aristotelianism\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the significant impact made by this Jewish philosopher on the history of the Aristotelian tradition.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177238577392,"sku":"9781474268509","price":86.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781474268509_p0.jpg?v=1763604531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781474268509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}