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Pietro d’Afeltro was a teacher of philosophy and medicine at the University (Studio) of Naples. He probably belonged to the circle of Giovanni Pontano. He took an anti-Scotist position in philosophy. He published works principally on the Physics and Metaphysics of Aristotle, accompanied by the Long Commentaries of Averroes.
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Burnett, C. (2015). D’Afeltro, Pietro. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_409-1
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