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Noctua is a peer-reviewed journal which aims to make available, in a Diamond Open Access format, outstanding contributions on the problems of the history of philosophy and science from its beginnings to the modern age.

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¿Por qué Panecio de Rodas perdió interés por el sabio estoico? Una respuesta desde el tema de los tipos de vida (περì βíων)

Panaetius of Rhodes (2nd century BC) is often considered a heterodox Stoic, exhibiting significant differences from his predecessors, Zeno, Cleanthes and Chrysippus. Notably, scholars of Stoicism have observed that Panaetius appears to have lost inte...

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Spinoza sive anti-Spinoza. Jacobi e la scientia intuitiva

This article argues that the form of immediate knowledge that Jacobi opposes to Spinozism is structurally connected to Spinoza’s third kind of knowledge and his conception of the adequate idea. Jacobi thus appears to locate a model for a form of know...

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Leon Battista Alberti e il tema della morte

The aim of this paper is to analyze the concept and value of death in Leon Battista Alberti’s moral reflection. First, I will study the philosophical sources that influence his concept of death and his considerations on the relationship between death...

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La riflessione neoplatonica sul dinamismo della natura. Damascio a confronto con Proclo

The present study analyses Damascius’ naturalism in the light of the definition of the activities attributed to φύσις. This subject will be examined both by reference to Galen’s physiology and by comparison with Proclus’ naturalistic doctrine, which...

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On the Correct Reading of Metaphysics V 7, 1017a 34–35. The Logic Behind Aristotle’s Example of the Diagonal

This paper aims to clarify the opposition between Alexander of Aphrodisias, followed by Hermann Bonitz on one side, and Thomas Aquinas, followed by Lambertus Marie de Rijk on the other, regarding the correct reading of an example proposed by Aristotl...

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