Kwestia kwestii, czyli o scholastyce i dialektyce w Przydatkach Sebastiana Petrycego
Kwestia kwestii, czyli o scholastyce i dialektyce w Przydatkach Sebastiana Petrycego

Summary/Abstract: The sketch A question of questions, or on scholasticism and dialectic in Sebastian Petrycy’s Addenda recalls the figure and achievements of Sebastian Petrycy, the first Polish Aristotelian philosopher, author of the first translation of Aristotle’s works into Polish, this time in the context of analysis of the scholastic scheme of both composition and style of Addenda to Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics. The article emphasizes Petrycy’s innovative solutions in this regard, taking into consideration the literary tradition of scholastic commentaries of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Using the example of selected questions of the Addenda, the multi-layer scholastic structure is analyzed. The article discusses in detail the structure of the Polonica layer, constituting an interesting record of Petrycy’s considerations and observations regarding events or figures of his era. The role of dialectic and induction in construction of scholastic questions by Petrycy is also discussed. It is worth stressing that the author of the Addenda departs from an exclusively exegetic character of his commentaries. Petrycy created a multi-layer text in which Greek, Roman, Biblical and ecclesiastical elements are supplemented with references to his contemporary era. The Aristotelian does not limit himself to translation of the Stagirite’s philosophical substance into Polish. The literary form adopted by Petrycy emphasized the multitude of his interests. The Addenda comprise the substance and reflections constituting an interesting subject of study for a historian of both philosophy and social and political sciences, education or literature.

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