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Zimara, Marcantonio

Born: 1470, San Pietro, Galatina
Died: ca. 1529
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Abstract

Marco Antonio Zimara was born in San Pietro in Galatina in around 1470 and died sometime after 1529, the last year for which we have certain information regarding his life. He completed his studies in Padua, receiving a doctorate in artibus in 1501 and obtaining a degree in medicine. Marcantonio’s fame is linked in particular to the compilation of his Tabula, but he was also a prominent figure in the world of Renaissance publishing. This can be seen, for example, in the wide circulation of his works throughout Europe for most of the seventeenth century and his efforts as an editor of the works of Aristotle and his medieval interpreters, as well as in his attempts to resolve the most debated contradictions between the teaching of Aristotle and that of Averroes. This endeavor gave rise to the Theoremata and the Solutiones contradictionum and can clearly be discerned in all his work, including his surviving manuscripts. Following Aristotle, he reaffirms the superiority of diffinitio over demonstratio and, within the latter, the priority of demonstratio propter quid over demonstratio quia. However, he recognizes that the complexity of nature eludes the absoluteness of logical reconstruction, which is more suited to metaphysics.

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Primary Literature

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.CRHECUniversité Paris Est – CréteilParisFrance
  2. 2.Università di PisaPisaItaly