Papers by Jean-Paul De Lucca
La Calabria e il Mediterraneo nel Seicento , 2023
Concepts Have History - In memoriam Maria Rosa Antognazza (10.IX.1964–28.III.2023)
Mediterranea - International Journal on the Transfer of Knowledge, 2024
Bruniana & Campanelliana, 2022
This article brings into focus Campanella’s use of the biblical prophecy of Noah as a 'figura' of... more This article brings into focus Campanella’s use of the biblical prophecy of Noah as a 'figura' of universal governance. The philosopher’s prophetic, political, and theological writings show this prophecy to be a fundamental source employed to underpin his theories on dovetailing religious and political authority. Although Noah’s eldest son, Shem, is presented as prefiguring the papacy, under whose aegis the universal monarchy was to be established, this article argues that, ultimately, the realization of global governance mattered more to Campanella than who would accomplish it.
Bruniana & Campanelliana, 2022
Campanella, Tommaso
Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (eds Mortimer Sellers and Stephan Kirste. Springer, Dordrecht: Springer), 2022
The Correspondence of Tommaso Campanella (EMLO Catalogue)
Early Modern Letters Online (eds H. Hotson and M. Lewis), 2021
The catalogue contains the 172 known extant letters by Campanella. It includes dedicatory letters... more The catalogue contains the 172 known extant letters by Campanella. It includes dedicatory letters published in some of his works, as well as fragments of letters that have been indicated as such. The letters are in Italian and Latin, bar one written in Spanish. Addressees include notable scientists and scholars (for example, Galileo, dal Pozzo, Gassendi, Peiresc), popes, cardinals and other prelates, as well as rulers and civil authorities. Campanella’s letters are an especially rich source of biographical information, and an indispensable point of reference for the study of the intricate history of his writings. The subject matter of the correspondence ranges from philosophical, scientific, and political discussions to self-advocacy and lists of completed and projected works. Campanella’s correspondence is particularly valuable for the number of people mentioned in it.
Campanella, Tommaso
Springer Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy (ed. M. Sgarbi), 2021
Tommaso Campanella
(with G. Ernst) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2021
Law and religion in Bruno’s Spaccio de la bestia trionfante and Campanella’s L’Ateismo trionfato
Giordano Bruno. Law, Philosophy, and Theology in the Early Modern Era (ed. M. Traversino di Cristo). Paris: Classiques Garnier, pp. 241-273, 2020
Due to similarities in their ideas, parallels in their biographies, and overlaps in the history o... more Due to similarities in their ideas, parallels in their biographies, and overlaps in the history of their reception, Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella are often placed alongside one another in the literature. Through its focus on two major works, this chapter discusses points of convergence and divergence in the philosophers’ treatment of law and religion, nature and truth, unity and 471universality. An English translation of the dedicatory letter of Campanella’s Ateismo is included in an appendix.
Afterword: Conversations Beyond Dichotomies
S. Meli, The Philosophy of Law. A Brief Introduction., 2020
Amicizia, sapere e riconciliazione nel progetto campanelliano
Studi campanelliani - per Germana Ernst (ed. A. Cerbo), 2020
Questo contributo mette in risalto il concetto di amicizia nel pensiero di Tommaso Campanella e r... more Questo contributo mette in risalto il concetto di amicizia nel pensiero di Tommaso Campanella e rileva il suo nesso con il sapere e lo studio, attività tese non all’isolamento e al distacco ma, al contrario, a un’apertura relazionale che stimola ad agire per il bene. Il contributo prosegue nel dimostrare come il richiamo alle origini metafisiche e naturali presente nella visione campanelliana dell’amicizia e del sapere serva ad articolare un progetto di riconciliazione sul fronte politico e religioso.
Presentazione (Foreword)
Foreword to Tommaso Sgarro, Un inquieto domenicano: Temi e figure della Seconda Scolastica nella ... more Foreword to Tommaso Sgarro, Un inquieto domenicano: Temi e figure della Seconda Scolastica nella filosofia di Tommaso Campanella. Biblioteca filosofica di Quaestio. Bari: Edizioni di Pagina, 2018, pp. vii-xi.
The Siege of Malta and its Protagonists in Giano Pelusio’s Poetry
Proceedings of History Week 2015 (eds S. Azzopardi, J. Borg and D. Mallia), 2018
This article presents and offers the first commentary on a series of poems by Giano Pelusio (1520... more This article presents and offers the first commentary on a series of poems by Giano Pelusio (1520-1600), which have as their focus figures and events connected to the 1565 Siege of Malta. While giving an overview of the poet's life and works, the article invites a reflection on how an ostensibly distant commentator such as Pelusio could have contributed to the fashioning of the collective imaginary of Malta and the Knights of St John.
«Ad altiora nati sumus»: Practical Theology and Cultural Diplomacy in Campanella’s Legatio to China
Bruniana & Campanelliana, 2017
Campanella’s Quod reminiscentur is known mostly as a work on missiology, in which he suggests the... more Campanella’s Quod reminiscentur is known mostly as a work on missiology, in which he suggests the convening of a world council of religious and political leaders to debate matters of faith, in a bid to move closer towards political and religious unity. Its contents are organised in a series of legations addressed to all the nations of the world. This article focuses on the legation to China and explores its contents against the backdrop of Campanella’s naturalistic and universalistic philosophy of religion and political thought. The identification of Botero as Campanella’s main source of information is discussed briefly with the intention of opening a path for further research.
Giustizia (iustitia)
Enciclopedia Bruniana e Campanelliana, vol. 3, 2017
Article-length entry in 'Sezione Campanella'. Contents: 1 - Premessa ; 2 - Giustizia originale e ... more Article-length entry in 'Sezione Campanella'. Contents: 1 - Premessa ; 2 - Giustizia originale e universale ; 3 - Giustizia naturale e morale ; 4 - Giustizia politica e sociale ; 5 - Giustizia legale ; 6 - Conclusione.
Avvocato (advocatus)
Enciclopedia Bruniana e Campanelliana, vol. 3., 2017
Article-length entry in 'Sezione Campanella'. Contents: 1 - Cenni autobiografici e poetici ; 2 - ... more Article-length entry in 'Sezione Campanella'. Contents: 1 - Cenni autobiografici e poetici ; 2 - Lo iurisconsultus perfectus e i legulei ; 3 «Robur animi est necessarius» - ; 4 - Uomo di scienza ; 5 - L’eloquenza che distingue l’oro dal piombo ; 6 - Conclusione.
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Mediterranea: International Journal on the Transfer of Knowledge, 2017
This contribution offers an intertextual reading of Tommaso Campanella’s early political writings... more This contribution offers an intertextual reading of Tommaso Campanella’s early political writings and his utopia, The City of the Sun, with a view of bringing to the fore his stance on the radical shift in early modern maritime geopolitics. Campanella’s proposals for the establishment of world governance were informed by his enthusiasm for inventions such as the navigational compass, and by his emphasis on maritime prowess as a necessary condition for creating a universal monarchy. The dialogical and poetic character of The City of the Sun, and the choice of its imaginary interlocutors, may suggest an interpretation of Campanella’s utopia as a distinctively Mediterranean encounter between the ‘Old World’ and the ‘New World’. The transfer of knowledge and communication thus emerge as crucial linchpins in Campanella’s project for universal reform and unity.
In memoriam: Germana Ernst (1943-2016)
Anima-corpo alla luce dell'etica: antichi e moderni (ed. E. Canone)
Prendendo le mosse dagli scritti e dalle varie fonti di Campanella (bibliche, neoplatoniche, tomi... more Prendendo le mosse dagli scritti e dalle varie fonti di Campanella (bibliche, neoplatoniche, tomiste e naturaliste), questo contributo traccia la sua concezione triadica dell’uomo composto di corpo, spirito e anima-mente. Nel sistema campanelliano lo spiritus serve ad affrontare il problema anima-corpo e, al contempo, a delineare il quadro entro cui si articola la concezione teologica e antropologica della libertà: da una prospettiva etico-psicologica, poi, la libertà viene identificata con la natura ‘divina’ dell’uomo che ha l’abilità e la possibilità di agire secondo la ragione per giungere al proprio fine, e cioè il sommo bene dell’autoconservazione. Le virtù che conducono l’uomo verso questa finalità e i vizi a essi contrapposti collegano l’agire dell’uomo – oggetto dell’etica – con il suo essere triadico.
Parole chiave: autoconservazione – libertà – sommo bene – spirito – virtù
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Papers by Jean-Paul De Lucca
Parole chiave: autoconservazione – libertà – sommo bene – spirito – virtù
Parole chiave: autoconservazione – libertà – sommo bene – spirito – virtù
The 20th century's problematic association of utopian thinking with totalitarianism gave rise to an "anti-utopian age" or "utopophobia". One of the last century’s greatest thinkers, Hannah Arendt, is often portrayed as rejecting utopian thinking entirely. However, a nuanced reading reveals that early modern utopians have more in common with Arendt than previously acknowledged.
Campanella, Bacon, and Arendt – all writing in what they termed "dark times" – keep prompting us to consider the value of hope and thoughtful action, and to question our capacity to imagine and articulate potential futures, challenging simplistic dismissals of utopian imagination.
Campanella’s concern with metaphors seems to be predominantly of an epistemological nature, and his own use of metaphors is often closely related to the field of knowledge and its nexus with theology, natural philosophy, political thought, poetry and other areas of philosophical and practical inquiry. His most famous work, Civitas Solis, may be considered as an extended metaphor of encyclopaedic knowledge and of the ‘knowledge of the world’. Moreover, metaphors, and reflections thereon, feature prominently in Campanella’s own philosophical poems.
The paper will also offer a brief analysis of some of Campanella’s metaphors, from lesser-known ones to the more famous ones, such as his adaptation of the Renaissance image of the worm in cheese or the worm in the human stomach, to that of souls masked by bodies in the world’s theatre, a metaphor connected to similar ones found in Shakespeare and Descartes.
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A cornerstone of Campanella’s philosophy is his view that the natural end of man is self-preservation. A fundamental requirement for achieving this end is peace, which Campanella identifies as the ultimate purpose of government and laws, and which in turn serves the higher purpose of leading to “the worship of God by means of the sciences and virtues”. Although Campanella often addresses the question of peace from the Thomistic perspective of the just war theory, in this paper I argue that a closer examination of his texts (particularly those concerning prophecy and monarchy) reveals a practical project of peacebuilding more akin to similar efforts by quasi-contemporaries such as Comenius and Leibniz. I also explore some tensions that arise within and from Campanella’s works dealing directly or indirectly with his project for establishing and maintaining lasting peace.
Istituto per il Lessico Intellettuale Europeo e Storia delle Idee, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.
Villa Mirafiori, Roma - 3 novembre 2015, ore 10:00
The title of the 2015 Philosophy Sharing Annual Lecture was inspired by the ideas of these two thinkers, Arendt and Beck. However, rather than focusing on them, I have woven together some aspects of their thought with a view of reflecting upon trends in contemporary forms of discourse (such as, for example, concerning science, art, culture, politics and religion) that tend to banalise or trivialize these activities and their meaning. This may sound paradoxical (which it may well be) in societies where individual liberty is affirmed, knowledge appears to be progressing and technology continues to evolve and develop. Beyond this paradox, however, banality should not be taken lightly – rather, it should be connected to the concept of evil that originates from the incapacity of individuals to reflect and think carefully. This is the main reason why banality should be perceived as a risk which one ought to identify, articulate and avoid.
It would have been easy to argue at an event such as this, the Annual Philosophy Sharing Lecture, that Philosophy is the antithesis of banality or, possibly, its antidote. However, Philosophy is not immune to these risks. Consequently, I have briefly surveyed the manner in which banality may manifest itself in various philosophical traditions, and explored whether Philosophy (or at least some of the attitudes it encourages) may serve as a ‘consolation’ in offsetting the risk of banality.
Conference Programme: http://www.york.ac.uk/crems/events/events/2014-15/magic/
The restoration of the painting Paradiso by Battistello Caracciolo is a path that leads to a reflection on Caravaggio’s works of art and the philosophical thought of Tommaso Campanella. Caravaggio’s art and Campanella’s thought are the basis of the history of art which had just returned to the primitive beauty made up of light, shadows and colours.
The presence of Caravaggio in Naples, as well as in Malta, upset the cultural life of the city. His completely new style, made up of light and shadows, was like a tremor that shook the way painting was done. Among those who understood and followed ardently the revolution initiated by Caravaggio was Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, known also as Battistello, to the point that he became one of the greatest painters of the first half of the Seventeenth century.
Caracciolo, as a successful artist, painted many works combining Caravaggio’s style with his personal style such that his paintings were sought by the aristocrats and the bourgeois in Naples, in South Italy and in Malta. Among his works of art one can find Il ritorno della fuga in Egitto found in the Jesuits’ Church in Valletta and the Paradiso painted for the Cathedral of Stilo in Calabria. The renowned Renaissance philosopher Tommaso Campanella, whose philosophical and naturalist thought was strongly linked to the culture that supported the new realistic way of painting which Caravaggio and Battistello employed, studied and lived in the very important city of Stilo.
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