Writing philosophy in a language with no philosophical tradition. The language question at the origins of Modernity

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  • Mariano Pérez Carrasco Universidad de Buenos Aires, Sección de Estudios de Filosofía Medieval Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2013.142.04

Abstract

This article analyzes some of the reasons that led to the adoption of vernacular languages as philosophical languages between the 14th and 17th centuries in France and Italy. The article focuses on Descartes’s Discours de la méthode (1637), Sperone Speroni’s Dialogo delle lingue (1542) and Dante Alighieri’s Convivio (circa 1304-1307). The three works not only chose to write philosophy in a language with no philosophical tradition, but also offered a philosophical rationale for this decision. The article exposes and analyzes that set of arguments.

Key words: philosphy, vernacular language, Descartes, Sperone Speroni, Dante Alighieri.

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Mariano Pérez Carrasco, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Sección de Estudios de Filosofía Medieval Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

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Published

2013-09-09

How to Cite

PÉREZ CARRASCO, M. Writing philosophy in a language with no philosophical tradition. The language question at the origins of Modernity. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 14, n. 2, p. 152–161, 2013. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2013.142.04. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2013.142.04. Acesso em: 23 may. 2025.

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2013): May/August

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