A "predecessor" of Schopenhauer: Giulio Cesare Vanini

Authors

  • Mario Carparelli Università degli Studi del Salento, Lacce

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378634007

Keywords:

Schopenhauer, Vanini, liberum arbitrium

Abstract

Giulio Cesare Vanini was burnt for atheism in Toulouse on February 9, 1619. Schopenhauer quotes him thirteen times in his writings and shows that he has read his works, apparently apologetic but in reality materialistic and atheistic: the Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae (1615) and the De admirandis (1616). The philosophically most relevant quote is found in the essay On the freedom of the human will, where the Italian philosopher, born in Puglia in 1585, is defined by Schopenhauer as "predecessor" for having denied the existence of free will.

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Author Biography

Mario Carparelli, Università degli Studi del Salento, Lacce

Professor Temporário de História da Filosofia na Università degli Studi del Salento (Lecce-Itália).

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Capa Voluntas v.3, ns.1 e 2

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Published

2012-07-01

How to Cite

Carparelli, M. (2012). A "predecessor" of Schopenhauer: Giulio Cesare Vanini. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 3(1 e 2), 156–165. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378634007

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 e 2 (2012): Estudos sobre Schopenhauer – Eds. 05/06

Section

Schopenhauerian Studies (Continuous Flow)

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