Filippo Arrighetti

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Filippo Arrighetti (* 1582 in Florence ; † November 27, 1662 ) was an Italian cleric and philosopher .

Life

Filippo Arrighetti, who came from a noble Florentine family, studied Greek and the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle at the Universities of Pisa and Padua . He then received a PhD in theology from the University of Florence . Shortly afterwards appointed him Urban VIII. To Penitentiary -Domherrn at the Cathedral of Florence . He was also a member of the Florentine Academy and the Accademia degli Alterati . He died in 1662 at the age of 80.

Arrighetti did not publish any of his works, but left all of them as manuscripts. Among other things, he wrote a commentary on the rhetoric of Aristotle ( La Rettorica d 'Aristotele tradotta e spiegata, in 56 lezioni recitate nell' Accademia Fiorentina ), which he read in a series of lectures at the Florentine Academy. He also translated the poetics of Aristotle ( La Poetica d 'Aristotele tradotta, spiegata e recitata nell' Accademia degli Svogliati di Pisa ) and presented it to the Accademia degli Svogliati of Pisa. At the Florentine Academy he also read four treatises on pleasure, laughter, talent and honor ( Quattro Discorsi Accademici; cioè, del Piacere, del Riso, dell 'Ingegno, e dell' Onore, recitati nell 'Accademia Fiorentina ). Finally, he wrote a biography of the famous Jesuit missionary Franz Xavier ( Vita di S. Francesco Saverio; estratta dalle relazioni, fatte in Concistoro da Francesco Maria Cardinale del Monte ) as well as various sermons and penitentials.

literature

Remarks

  1. Arrighetti (Philippe) , in: Louis Gabriel Michaud (ed.): Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne , 2nd edition 1843 ff., Vol. 2, p. 291.
  2. Arrighetti, Filippo . In: The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , Vol. 3, 2 (1844), pp. 641 f.