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dc.identifier	ECF_article_4598
dc.title	«Che volete mo’, ch’io guasti un libro?». La rappresentazione di Filippo Mocenigo come vescovo filosofo nella Perfettione della vita politica (1579) di Paolo Paruta
dc.contributor.author	Giani Marco
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/quaderni-veneti/2019/1/che-volete-mo-chio-guasti-un-libro/
dc.description.abstract	The Venetian political writer Paolo Paruta presented Filippo Mocenigo, the last Catholic Archbishop of Nicosia (Cyprus) before the Ottoman conquest, as an important character of his 1579 dialogue Della Perfettione della vita politica. Mocenigo, a most prominent member of the contemplative party, is depicted by Paruta as a sort of bishop-philosopher, very optimistic about the fact that Aristotelian philosophy (as it was still taught in the University of Padua in the mid-16th century) could help the search for human reason. Yet, Mocenigo was persecuted by the Roman Inquisition for his not-fully orthodox religious beliefs. In the essay, a comparison between Mocenigo as historical man and Mocenigo as Perfettione’s fictional character is developed.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni Veneti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 8 \| December 2019
dc.issued	2021-04-21
dc.dateAccepted	2020-11-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-10-07
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	1724-188X
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/QV/1724-188X/2019/01/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Catholic Counter-Reformation
dc.subject	Catholic Counter-Reformation
dc.subject	Council of Trent
dc.subject	Council of Trent
dc.subject	History of Censorship
dc.subject	History of Censorship
dc.subject	History of Cyprus
dc.subject	History of Cyprus
dc.subject	Republic of Venice
dc.subject	Republic of Venice

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«Che volete mo’, ch’io guasti un libro?»

La rappresentazione di Filippo Mocenigo come vescovo filosofo nella Perfettione della vita politica (1579) di Paolo Paruta

Marco Giani Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

The Venetian political writer Paolo Paruta presented Filippo Mocenigo, the last Catholic Archbishop of Nicosia (Cyprus) before the Ottoman conquest, as an important character of his 1579 dialogue Della Perfettione della vita politica. Mocenigo, a most prominent member of the contemplative party, is depicted by Paruta as a sort of bishop-philosopher, very optimistic about the fact that Aristotelian philosophy (as it was still taught in the University of Padua in the mid-16th century) could help the search for human reason. Yet, Mocenigo was persecuted by the Roman Inquisition for his not-fully orthodox religious beliefs. In the essay, a comparison between Mocenigo as historical man and Mocenigo as Perfettione’s fictional character is developed.

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April 21, 2021

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Nov. 25, 2020

Submitted

Oct. 7, 2020

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Keywords: Council of Trent • History of Cyprus • History of Censorship • Catholic Counter-Reformation • Republic of Venice

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