Ovanes Akopyan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3474058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ovanes Akopyan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ovanes |
| FAMILY NAME | Akopyan |
| SIGNATURE | AKOPYAN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0194-2692 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Breve Compendium in Duo Prima Capita Tertii De Anima Aristotelis”
Defining Nature’s Limits
Renaissance Vegetarianism
Reading (?) Vives in Sixteenth-Century Russia
This article provides an annotated edition, along with an English translation, of a relatively neglected sixteenth-century Russian text claimed to be a response to Juan Luis Vives’s renowned commentary on Augustine’s De civitate Dei . The Words against Juan Luis Vives was composed by Maximus the Greek, who was a central figure in Russian culture during the first half of the sixteenth century. As this article demonstrates, Maximus’ text serves as …
Science without Leisure
Praenotio, Prisca Haeresis, and Astrology
This article considers the place of Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola’s ideas within the astrological debates that arose in Renaissance Italy after the publication of the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Gianfrancesco Pico’s famous uncle. Published posthumously in 1496, the Disputationes incited a rigorous discussion of the status of astrology in various intellectual circles in Renaissance Italy. …
A sixteenth‐century Russian Vita of Girolamo Savonarola
The article provides an annotated edition and an English translation of a sixteenth‐century Russian vita of Girolamo Savonarola composed in Muscovy by one of his followers, Maximus the Greek. This text is to be considered a unique document, which illustrates the extent to which Savonarolan ideas spread across Europe after his trial
In search of a spiritus
This article analyzes two chapters of Francesco Patrizi’s Nova de universis philosophia that deal with a topic widely debated in European intellectual circles at the time: the origin of tides. By deconstructing Patrizi’s views on the phenomenon of ebb and flow, this paper places these chapters of Patrizi’s opus magnum into a larger context and shows how, with the use of novel philosophical arguments, he sought to replace what he considered an out…
Francesco Patrizi da Cherso (1529–1597)
The present special issue focuses on various aspects of the thought of Francesco Patrizi da Cherso (1529–1597), universally recognised as one of the leading late Renaissance thinkers. He was born i
Princeps aliorum’ and his followers
This article is devoted to the analysis of astrological sources in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem . The main aim of this paper is to show how Giovanni Pico used his sources for opposing Claudius Ptolemy, the ‘optimus malorum’ among astrologers, to other astrologers and for emphasizing the dissonance in the astrological tradition
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Astrology (1486-1493)
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Princeps aliorum’ and his followers
This article is devoted to the analysis of astrological sources in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem . The main aim of this paper is to show how Giovanni Pico used his sources for opposing Claudius Ptolemy, the ‘optimus malorum’ among astrologers, to other astrologers and for emphasizing the dissonance in the astrological tradition
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Astrology (1486-1493)
In search of a spiritus
This article analyzes two chapters of Francesco Patrizi’s Nova de universis philosophia that deal with a topic widely debated in European intellectual circles at the time: the origin of tides. By deconstructing Patrizi’s views on the phenomenon of ebb and flow, this paper places these chapters of Patrizi’s opus magnum into a larger context and shows how, with the use of novel philosophical arguments, he sought to replace what he considered an out…
Francesco Patrizi da Cherso (1529–1597)
The present special issue focuses on various aspects of the thought of Francesco Patrizi da Cherso (1529–1597), universally recognised as one of the leading late Renaissance thinkers. He was born i
Praenotio, Prisca Haeresis, and Astrology
This article considers the place of Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola’s ideas within the astrological debates that arose in Renaissance Italy after the publication of the Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Gianfrancesco Pico’s famous uncle. Published posthumously in 1496, the Disputationes incited a rigorous discussion of the status of astrology in various intellectual circles in Renaissance Italy. …
A sixteenth‐century Russian Vita of Girolamo Savonarola
The article provides an annotated edition and an English translation of a sixteenth‐century Russian vita of Girolamo Savonarola composed in Muscovy by one of his followers, Maximus the Greek. This text is to be considered a unique document, which illustrates the extent to which Savonarolan ideas spread across Europe after his trial
Reading (?) Vives in Sixteenth-Century Russia
This article provides an annotated edition, along with an English translation, of a relatively neglected sixteenth-century Russian text claimed to be a response to Juan Luis Vives’s renowned commentary on Augustine’s De civitate Dei . The Words against Juan Luis Vives was composed by Maximus the Greek, who was a central figure in Russian culture during the first half of the sixteenth century. As this article demonstrates, Maximus’ text serves as …
Science without Leisure
Renaissance Vegetarianism
“Breve Compendium in Duo Prima Capita Tertii De Anima Aristotelis”
Defining Nature’s Limits
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