Giuseppe Valletta
Giuseppe Valletta (born October 6, 1636 in Naples , † May 16, 1714 ibid) was a Neapolitan scholar, lawyer and philosopher.
Valletta studied literature and law. He was one of the founders of the Accademia degli Investiganti . He participated with Tommaso Cornelio , Francesco D'Andrea and Leonardo Di Capua in the fierce philosophical and scientific controversies between liberals and conservatives that were waged in southern Europe in the last decades of the seventeenth century.
His works include in particular
- Lettera in difesa della moderna filosofia e de 'coltivatori di essa (letter in defense of modern philosophy and the maker of being)
- Historia filosofica (Philosophical History, 1697–1704).
Valletta was part of the group of amici e padroni napoletani (Neapolitan friends and masters) of Francesco Redi . He was involved in the Neapolitan edition of the works of the Aretian scientist, which was published in 1687. Redi, who received a copy of the edition in Livorno in February 1688, judged that the books were "of excellent character and very correct". For this gesture of friendship, he remained deeply committed to Valletta.
Valletta was a great lover and connoisseur of books. Its famous library is said to have contained 18,000 titles. 17th century philosophy
literature
- Fausto Nicolini: Giuseppe Valletta , in Enciclopedia Italiana , Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1937.
- Vittor Ivo Comparato: Giuseppe Valletta: Un intellettuale napoletano della fine del Seicento , Naples 1970 (Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, 24)
- Antonio Di Marco: La figura e l'opera di Giuseppe Valletta , Naples 1982
Web links
- Valletta, Giuseppe. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- Publications by Giuseppe Valletta in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Progetto Redi, Editione ellettronica
- ↑ Giovanni Santinello, Gregorio Piaia (ed.), Models of the History of Philosophy: Volume II: From Cartesian Age to Brucker, Padova 2010, p. 246
- ↑ Lettera del signor Giuseppe Valletta Napoletano in difesa della moderna filosofia, e de 'coltivatori di essa: Indirizzata alla Santità di Clemente XI, Rovereto 1732, online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- ^ Giovanni Santinello, Gregorio Piaia (ed.), Models of the History of Philosophy: Volume II: From Cartesian Age to Brucker, Padova 2010, p. 248
- ↑ Progetto Redi, Editione ellettronica
- ^ Peter König, Giambattista Vico, Munich 2005, p. 12.
- ^ Antonio Lombardi, Storia della letteratura italiana nel secolo XVIII., Modena 1830, p. 185
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valletta, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Neapolitan lawyer and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1636 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1714 |
| Place of death | Naples |