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In Platonis Timaeum sive in naturalem omnem atque divinam Platonis et Aristotelis philosophiam Decades tres

Beni, Paolo (ca. 1553-1625) - author
Date:
Language:
Latin
Keywords:
Plato
Timaeus
Cosmology
Cosmogony
Commentary of Timaeus
Platonism
Galilei

Bibliographical reference

Beni, Paolo. In Platonis Timaeum sive in naturalem omnem atque divinam Platonis et Aristotelis philosophiam Decades tres. Rome: ex Typographia Gabiana, 1594.

Description

This voluminous commentary In Platonis Timaeum (eighteen books) is the most important writing published by the Italian Paolo Beni of Gubbio (1553-1635). The Jesuit philosopher discusses therein Plato’s cosmological ideas on the ground of Galileo’s astronomical discoveries. The manuscript of the commentary is preserved in the Vatican Archives (Archivio Beni II, MSS. 98-108).

Pubblication note

Place of publication:
Rome
Publisher:
ex Typographia Gabiana
Date of publication:
1594