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ROCCO, Antonio (1578-1653). Esercitationi filosofiche. Venice: Francesco Baba, 1633.
4° (197 x 143mm). Large woodcut device on title, 2 woodcut diagrams, headpieces and initials, with final blank. (Small hole in upper margin of E1, a few light spots.) Contemporary vellum (slight damage at foot of covers and spine).
FIRST EDITION. In Esercitationi filosofiche, the Italian priest and philosophy teacher Antonio Rocco presented various Aristotelian theories intended to challenge the new scientific method of Galileo. Rocco’s book was a direct assault on Galileo’s Dialogo sopra i massimi sistemi del mondo, published in 1632. A self-declared adherent of the Peripatetic school of philosophy, Rocco denounced the evidence-based science pioneered by Galileo and argued for adherence to the Aristotelian approach of deriving scientific truths from general principles. The latter prudently chose not to compromise himself by publishing new material to rebut Rocco. Instead, he wrote a heated defence of his arguments directly into his own copy of the work, adding numerous marginal notes and annotations on papers to the printed volume. Carli and Favaro 138; Riccardi II, 386.
4° (197 x 143mm). Large woodcut device on title, 2 woodcut diagrams, headpieces and initials, with final blank. (Small hole in upper margin of E1, a few light spots.) Contemporary vellum (slight damage at foot of covers and spine).
FIRST EDITION. In Esercitationi filosofiche, the Italian priest and philosophy teacher Antonio Rocco presented various Aristotelian theories intended to challenge the new scientific method of Galileo. Rocco’s book was a direct assault on Galileo’s Dialogo sopra i massimi sistemi del mondo, published in 1632. A self-declared adherent of the Peripatetic school of philosophy, Rocco denounced the evidence-based science pioneered by Galileo and argued for adherence to the Aristotelian approach of deriving scientific truths from general principles. The latter prudently chose not to compromise himself by publishing new material to rebut Rocco. Instead, he wrote a heated defence of his arguments directly into his own copy of the work, adding numerous marginal notes and annotations on papers to the printed volume. Carli and Favaro 138; Riccardi II, 386.
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