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The Ancient Greek Sophists in Emanuele Tesauro’s IIl cannocchiale aristotelico/I : Thrasymachus and Gorgias
Emanuele Tesauro’s Il cannocchiale aristotelico (The Spyglass of Aristotle) is widely considered a masterpiece of the Baroque, mainly because of his theory of metaphor as a cognitive tool. But this work is much more than that. Tesauro presents his volume as the ultimate interpretation of Aristotle’s rhetorical art, which is clearly not the case. Indeed, his work is a polycentric discourse on a revolutionary theory of rhetoric that goes beyond any previous treatise written on the subject, including Aristotle’s Rhetoric. Despite his relevance in the history of rhetorical theories, Tesauro’s work is still waiting for a comprehensive study of its own as well as investigations of some of its specific aspects. Furthermore, the majority of the existing studies of Tesauro are in Italian (with only very few in English), which makes it difficult for this text to reach an international public. This essay explores what seems to be a specific aspect that has so far been almost completely neglected: the role played by the ancient sophists in the Cannocchiale aristotelico and in the history of rhetoric that Tesauro redesigns. Tesauro proclaims his fidelity to Aristotle but actually contradicts Aristotle’s anti-sophistic approach. During this analysis, we will discover even more about Tesauro’s pro-sophistic attitude: he grounds the climax of Latin rhetorical tradition in Greek sophistry. This positive assessment of the ancient sophists, especially Thrasymachus and Gorgias of Leontini, coexists with a critique of Socrates. Except for Sperone Speroni, no other early modern Italian author—or European author—has proposed this radical inversion of the canon established by Plato. This reversal makes Tesauro a relevant case study in the on-going exploration of the legacy of ancient sophists in Western literature.
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Circular Demonstration and the Necessity of Minor Premises
In the Prior Analytics Aristotle famously endorses the validity of the mixed modal syllogism Barbara lxl, but in the Posterior Analytics we appear to find Aristotle arguing that since demonstrations are only of what cannot be otherwise, both premises need to be necessary. One would almost think that Aristotle had forgotten what he said about mixed modal syllogisms were it not for the fact that he also appears to refer to it directly in Posterior Analytics
i.6. This is puzzling.
In this paper I will consider evidence for and against taking both premises to be necessary and conclude that, in accordance with Barbara lxl, the major premise of a demonstration needs to be necessary but the minor premise need not be, and this because the minor term - which denotes the object of inquiry and that to which the demonstrator is trying to demonstrate that something belongs necessarily - may be an accidental term. In particular, I will be offering an original interpretation of Aristotle's arguments against circular demonstration in Posterior Analytics
i.3, which only makes sense if the minor premise is not necessary.
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Aristóteles: sobre la expresión \hacer, amistosamente, un uso común\/Aristotle: on the expression \amicably make common use\
En el marco de las discusiones sobre los bienes comunes, lo común o los comunes urbanos y sobre sus prácticas propongo un regreso a Aristóteles, con el propósito de examinar sus consideraciones sobre lo que él denomina \"común\" y sobre la expresión \"hacer, amistosamente, un uso común\", empleada en la Política para referirse a la práctica que los ciudadanos requieren asumir frente a dichos bienes. Esto con el fin de precisar sus aportes y extraer otros que se puedan derivar de sus reflexiones y que puedan enriquecer las discusiones actuales sobre este tema. Palabras clave: Polis, lo común, bienes comunes, prácticas, derechos de propiedad, trabajo. In the framework of discussions on common goods, the common elements, or urban common and their practices, I propose going back to Aristotle, in order to examine his considerations on what he calls \"common,\" besides the expression \"amicably make common use,\" used in Politics to refer to the practice that citizens need to undertake in relation to said assets. The aim is to specify their contributions and extract others that may be derived from their reflections and that may enrich the current discussions on this topic. Keywords: Polis, the common, common goods, practices, property rights, work.
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