Tommaso Campanella and the grammatica philosophica: a heuristic point of view on his Grammaticalium libri III
Abstract
Until some recent studies, linguistic and philosophical historiography have overlooked Tommaso Campanella’s Grammaticalium libri III (1638), in which the philosopher, better known for his political philosophy, composed a philosophical grammar of the Latin language that presented his main linguistic ideas. With this short work, we aim not only to draw attention to this piece but also, more specifically, to one of its fundamental features: its relationship with the philosopher’s logical ideas, presented in his Dialectica (1638). As a result, we also pose some questions about the problematic relationship and composition of both works, accompanied by possible explanations that ultimately call for a modern study of the Dialectica.
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