Abstract
Filozofska sastavnica u spisima Benedikta Kotruljevića
Highlights
The thesis focuses upon research of the philosophical component of two writings by the Croatian Renaissance thinker Benedikt Kotruljević (c. 1416–1469)
Since he recognized the value of its contents, Patricius edited and published the first printed edition of the writing on the art of trade in 1573. In his most significant work on political philosophy Dello stato delle Republiche (On the Structure of States) published in 1591, Nicolò Vito di Gozze recommended Kotruljević’s writing on the art of trade stating that it is “most useful to every researcher of this trade” and that it will teach them “how to trade justly and thereto very successfully.”. Kotruljević completed his second writing, which is commonly known as De navigatione, in 1464
The delayed reception of De navigatione must be attributed to the fact that the handwritten version of its transcript was first found as late as 1995
Summary
The thesis focuses upon research of the philosophical component of two writings by the Croatian Renaissance thinker Benedikt Kotruljević (c. 1416–1469). In its four books he considered the art of trade This writing received its reception from two of the most prominent Croatian Renaissance philosophers: Franciscus Patricius and Nicolò Vito di Gozze. In the first book he constituted the art of trade on justly (iustamente) arranged business He claimed that God gave humans free will (libero arbitrio), egregious mind (ingiegno egregio) and prudence (prudentia) in order for them to be able to resist the influence of higher celestial bodies. In the first book he mainly focused on water as one of the four elements He tried to reconcile Christian Neo-Platonic worldview, led by Augustine, with the thought of pagan philosophers and astronomers, led by Aristotle and Ptolemy, which shows that his writing on navigation contains another characteristic of Renaissance philosophy: syncretism.
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