Abstract
This chapter presents a detailed study of an early work by the Franciscan philosopher and theologian Giorgio Benigno Salviati on the importance of the will in the human soul. Salviati, the spiritual heir of Cardinal Bessarion, who later played such a leading role in Lorenzo de' Medici's circle in Florence, is making his own important contribution to fifteenth-century discussions of the dignity of man, a theme which is usually related to the humanist movement. It is important to notice that Salviati first constitutes the relation between freedom and the will, defining each of these elements in the human soul, and distinguishing them from all the other natural and thus necessary elements such as reason and the senses. The chapter examines another interesting account of the role of the intellect and the will in the human soul.Keywords: Cardinal Bessarion; Florence; freedom; Giorgio Benigno Salviati; human dignity; Lorenzo de' Medici; Theory of Will
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