FRANJO TRANKVIL ANDREIS KAO FILOZOF S OSVRTOM NA CICERONSKE FRAZE U DIJALOGU PHILOSOPHANDUMNE SIT
FRANCIS TRANQUILLUS ANDREIS AS A PHILOSOPHER WITH REVIEW ON CICERON PHRASES IN THE PHILOSOPHANDUM SIT DIALOGUE

Summary/Abstract: The following thesis strives to elaborate on the philosophical position of the Trogir born Francis Tranquillus Andreis (1490-1571), based on his philosophy dialogue Philosophandumne sit, printed in 1545. Following the brief description of the historical and reflexive context of writing this work, it proceeds to the very content and interpretations of the Philosophandumne sit discussion, where Andreis’s stance is placed in the context of the contemporary humanities-renaissance philosophy currents. The dialogue Philosophandumne sit is in fact a discussion on well-being, namely the human objectives and purposes, as well as one’s pursuit happiness. It is evident from the dialogue that Andreis proposes a lifestyle in unison with nature and natural laws. However, led by the supernatural principles of justice, piety and holiness, he goes beyond them. In that outgrowing the nature, ratio, as the most elevated aspect of human soul, ought to be enlightened and graced with philosophy, in order to subdue the lesser aspects of the soul. Through philosophy, one achieves the cognizance of justice, which then enables them a life in virtue. The reward of virtuous living, Andreis sees in the transcendent, namely, in the afterlife. The second half of the thesis compares the perceived phrases in dialogue with the ones in Cicero’s prose opus using the Musaios computer software platform. Following the analysis, it is to be concluded that Andreis wrote under Cicero’s stylistic influence.

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