Biagio Pelacani da Parma

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Biagio Pelacani da Parma (* around 1347 , † 1416 ), also called Blasius of Parma , was an Italian mathematician , naturalist and philosopher .

life and work

Biagio taught in Paris , Bologna , Florence and Padua . He represented positions that clearly differed from scholastic positions. He considered the existence of God to be unprovable and explained the difference between the religions through climatic and astronomical differences, without granting any of them any superiority. He viewed the soul as mortal and interpreted it materialistically : “You cannot prove that there is a soul in man that can be separated from matter.” In his opinion, the mortality of the soul does not have to lead to a weakening of morality.

Works

  • Biagio Pelacani da Parma, Le Quaestiones de anima , Firenze, Olschki, 1974.
  • Blaise de Parme, Questiones super tractatus logice magistri Petri Hispani , Paris, Vrin, 2001.
  • Blaise de Parme, Quaestiones circa tractatum proportionum magistri Thome Braduardini , Paris, Vrin, 2006.
  • Blaise de Parme, Questiones super perspectiva communi , Paris, Vrin, 2009.

Secondary literature

personal data
SURNAME Parma, Biagio Pelacani there
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parma, Blasius of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician, naturalist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH around 1347
DATE OF DEATH 1416