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Philosophia Perennis

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“Philosophia perennis” (Perennial philosophy) is a popular philosophical phrase and has its origin in Agostino Steuco’s De perenni philosophia (1540). In his important essay titled Perennial Philosophy: From Agostino Steuco to Leibniz (1966), Charles B. Schmitt illustrates the sources, impact, and legacy of this complex concept from Agostino Steuco (1497/1498–1548) to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716). Whereas Schmitt’s research is to this day a fundamental tool for fully understanding Perennial Philosophy’s historical and philosophical meaning, equally important is the recent monograph by Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann titled Philosophia perennis: Historical Outlines of Western Spirituality in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Thought (2004).

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  1. Humanities Department, University of Eastern Piedmont “Amedeo Avogadro”, Vercelli, Italy

    Pier Davide Accendere

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Accendere, P.D. (2020). Philosophia Perennis. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1034-1

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