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Dufossé, Colette, "Citations et références dans les textes de philosophie naturelle du XIIe siècle: tradition et innovation (l'exemple des théories de la vision)", dins: Giraud, Cédric - Poirel, Dominique (eds.), La rigueur et la passion: mélanges en l'honneur de Pascale Bourgain, Turnhout, Brepols (Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia, 71), 2016, pp. 287-298.

Resum

The originality of the School of Chartres has been doubted, but in fact, a new interest in natural philosophy led twelfth-century authors in many places to search and read differently all available texts. The study of vision is a good example. If Adelard of Bath and William of Conches profess allegiance to both Plato and Aristotle, there is no question of abandoning the teaching of Boethius and Isidore of Seville, which bow to new theoretical needs. In this time of transition, the logic of accumulation dominates and, whereas the use of new texts is not necessarily synonymous with renewal of thought, rereading of the tradition in a totally different perspective allows further reflection on hitherto unknown problems (like the speed of light), which is an undeniable originality of the twelfth century.

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