Francesco Patrizi Quotes
Francesco Patrizi da Cherso was an Italian Renaissance Platonist philosopher, polymath, and the first holder of a chair of Platonic philosophy at Ferrara, later moving to a corresponding chair at Rome. A Croatian by origin, he combined wide humanist learning with a vehement opposition to Aristotelian scholasticism, expressed in the four-volume Discussiones Peripateticae. The quotes below are attributed to Francesco Patrizi, organized by topic.
Francesco Patrizi on Mind
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Attributed to Francesco Patrizi:
“Soul is the bond between the intelligible world and the sensible.”
Francesco Patrizi on Nature
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Attributed to Francesco Patrizi:
“Light is the first and noblest of all natural things.”
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Attributed to Francesco Patrizi:
“The universe is infinite, both in extent and in possibility.”
Francesco Patrizi on Truth
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Attributed to Francesco Patrizi:
“Aristotle should not be read as the dictator of philosophy.”
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Attributed to Francesco Patrizi:
“Plato is the philosopher most in harmony with the wisdom of the ages.”