- Karl Schmid-Strasse 4
CH-8006 Zürich
Silvia Negri
Uni Zürich, Historisches Seminar, Department Member
- Medieval History, Social and Cultural History, Philosophy, Henry of Ghent, History of Thomism, Medieval Philosophy, and 15 moreHistory of Medieval Philosophy, Skepticism, History of Women's Studies, History of the Book, Neoplatonism, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Critical edition, Liber De Causis, Humility, University libraries, Problem of Evil, Spatial Turn, Virtue Epistemology, Augustine of Hippo, and Intellectual Virtueedit
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During the Middle Ages, gender-neutral representations of humility as a quality linked to spiritual love and voluntary service competed with representations according to gendered patterns, such as those related to the naked and dressed... more
During the Middle Ages, gender-neutral representations of humility as a quality linked to spiritual love and voluntary service competed with representations according to gendered patterns, such as those related to the naked and dressed body in terms of its biological and social functions and its appearance. Moving from Dante's examples of humility in Purgatory, Canto X, this article focuses on representations of humility in textual and pictorial sources authored by women and men between the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries in Italy. By showing the complexity of these representations, this article revisits and reconsiders one-sided historiographical narratives according to which humility in the Middle Ages was intrinsically, persistently and negatively related to feminine suppression and servility.
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I characterize medieval representations of humility as a multifarious cluster including intellectual, moral, spiritual, and social elements. From Augustine to William Perault, and from monastic to university traditions, one or the other... more
I characterize medieval representations of humility as a multifarious cluster
including intellectual, moral, spiritual, and social elements. From Augustine to William Perault, and from monastic to university traditions, one or the other characterisation of humility representations gained major, though never exclusive, relevance due to the nature of their sources and the contexts in which they were produced. In my paper, I scrutinize Thomas Aquinas’ representation of humility in his Summa Theologiae, IIa IIae,
q. 161. In particular, I focus on his answer to the question of »whether
humility pertains to the appetite« and contextualize it in the broader spectrum of medieval notions of humility. My aim is to show how Thomas, on the one hand, recognized and reconsidered the abovementioned multiplicity of readings of humility, and on the other hand, endeavoured to portray humility as a primarily individual moral virtue, falling back on Aristotelian philosophico-ethical notions.
including intellectual, moral, spiritual, and social elements. From Augustine to William Perault, and from monastic to university traditions, one or the other characterisation of humility representations gained major, though never exclusive, relevance due to the nature of their sources and the contexts in which they were produced. In my paper, I scrutinize Thomas Aquinas’ representation of humility in his Summa Theologiae, IIa IIae,
q. 161. In particular, I focus on his answer to the question of »whether
humility pertains to the appetite« and contextualize it in the broader spectrum of medieval notions of humility. My aim is to show how Thomas, on the one hand, recognized and reconsidered the abovementioned multiplicity of readings of humility, and on the other hand, endeavoured to portray humility as a primarily individual moral virtue, falling back on Aristotelian philosophico-ethical notions.
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Representations of humility deserve far more scholarly attention and analysis than they have thus far received only by way of exception. This paper aims at partially filling this historiographical gap by considering topical accounts of... more
Representations of humility deserve far more scholarly attention and analysis than they have thus far received only by way of exception. This paper aims at partially filling this historiographical gap by considering topical accounts of humility in some Italian sources from the late 13th-early 14th centuries, especially in Bono Giamboni, Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio. In particular, the paper focuses on the recurring theme of " dressing humility " in the works of the above mentioned authors with the aim to study and contextualize semantic shifts and usages of a literal and metaphorical juxtaposi-tion – that of humility and dress – which already knew a long biblical and monastic tradition.
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„Le Docteur Solennel. François Huet und die französischsprachige Neuentdeckung des Heinrich von Gent im 19. Jahrhundert“, in: C. König-Pralong, M. Meliadò, Z. Radeva (Hrsg.), ‘Outsiders’ and ‘Forerunners’: Modern Reason and Historiographical Births of Medieval Philosophy, Turnhout, 2018, 165-195.more
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Humility was perceived in the Christian Middle Ages as a fundamental moral and intellectual quality, opening the way for access to the divine. How this access occurred, and for what kind of people, was dependent on different theological... more
Humility was perceived in the Christian Middle Ages as a fundamental moral and intellectual quality, opening the way for access to the divine. How this access occurred, and for what kind of people, was dependent on different theological and philosophical presuppositions. The role of humility was thus moulded according to different anthropological and noetical models. By the end of the 13th century, the «question de l’humilité», as Alain de Libera posed it, had also become a locus for confrontation and
definition between different intellectual identities. This study focuses on the role that the secular master Henry of Ghent (ca. 1217-1293) assigned to humility for approaching and transmitting divine truth, both from the perspective of the single individual and of the Christian community. Some topical categories describing essential features of humility – low/high, the ladder, interior/exterior, empty/full – aid in the analysis of some passages
from the works of this theologian.
definition between different intellectual identities. This study focuses on the role that the secular master Henry of Ghent (ca. 1217-1293) assigned to humility for approaching and transmitting divine truth, both from the perspective of the single individual and of the Christian community. Some topical categories describing essential features of humility – low/high, the ladder, interior/exterior, empty/full – aid in the analysis of some passages
from the works of this theologian.
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Fifteenth-century Thomists were deeply involved in the debate over the nature and mode of universals, which was at the core of the so-called Wegestreit in the late Middle Ages. Their solutions were intended to fill some theoretical gaps... more
Fifteenth-century Thomists were deeply involved in the debate over the nature and mode of universals, which was at the core of the so-called Wegestreit in the late Middle Ages. Their solutions were intended to fill some theoretical gaps left by Thomas Aquinas, who, although he touched on the theme in his work, did not leave a systematic treatment of the topic. This paper investigates the opinions of the major Thomist masters of Cologne as found in their Commentaries on the De ente et essentia and in other sources. It aims to bring into focus the strategies by which those masters ‘canonized’ Aquinas’s doctrine, developing their own views in the process and differentiating them from the views of their institutional rivals.
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Past and recent historiography on the fifteenth-century Wegestreit described early Parisian Albertism as an intellectual trend internal to the Arts Faculty and almost exclusively identified with the figure of Johannes de Nova Domo.... more
Past and recent historiography on the fifteenth-century Wegestreit described early Parisian Albertism as an intellectual trend internal to the Arts Faculty and almost exclusively identified with the figure of Johannes de Nova Domo. Although historical documents hinted at the existence of a more established school, no further evidence could be provided. In this contribution we focus on the manuscript Brussel, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, ms. 760, which contains a commentary to the Sentences given at Paris by Lambertus de Monte, albertista magnus, around 1423. This previously unnoticed source turns out to be the first important witness of the presence of Albertism in the Faculty of Theology at Paris, and testifies to a significant reception and development of the ideas of Johannes de Nova Domo. Moreover, the manuscript evinces an interesting constellation of marginalia, some of which bear traces of unknown works of the Albertist Heymericus de Campo. The article aims to present the source from a textual and material perspective, insofar as it investigates also some peculiar aspects of the history of the manuscript. The codex came from the Augustinian Canons’ Convent of Korsendonk, where it was partially copied, as we discovered, by the erudite Johannes de Meehrout.
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Conference "Representations of Humility and the Humble", 7-8 11. 2019, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Haus zur lieben Hand
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Edited by Silvia Negri. 🔗https://bit.ly/3LUIuJU S. Negri, Introduction. D. Conzelmann, Humilitas - An Intellectual Program. William of St. Thierry’s Commentary on Romans and his Evaluation of Emerging Scholasticism – P. Maranesi, Humility... more
Edited by Silvia Negri.
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S. Negri, Introduction. D. Conzelmann, Humilitas - An Intellectual Program. William of St. Thierry’s Commentary on Romans and his Evaluation of Emerging Scholasticism – P. Maranesi, Humility in Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. Evolutionary Processes of an Identical Term – C. Casagrande, In humilitate superiores sibi invicem arbitrantes (Phil. 2:3-4). Humility toward the Others between Theology and Pastoral Care (13th c.) – S. Sancho Fibla, Ascending to God, Descending through the Lineage. The Tree of Humility in the Mirouer des simples ames – N. Bray, Per modum removentis prohibens. The Thomistic Doctrine of Humility according to Meister Eckhart – I. Zavattero, Omnis magnanimus est humilis. The Doctrine of Humility in Gerald Odonis’ Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics – M. G. Muzzarelli, «D’umiltà vestuta»? Women with Covered Heads and Suitable Dress in the Late Middle Ages – A. Kehnel, Who is Afraid of a Little Lamb? Medieval Humility and the Gap between «US and THEM» in the Social and Cognitive Sciences – I. Iribarren, Meanings and Functions of Humility in Jean Gerson’s Works – N. Egel, Almsdeeds and Prayer. The Renaissance of Skepticism from the Spirit of Humility: From Savonarola, Giovanni Pico, and Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola to Descartes – A. Por - H. Paul, Humility and Modesty in the Early Modern German University: Student Instruction at Halle around 1700 – D. O’Brien, Hume on Humility. Bibliography. Indexes.
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S. Negri, Introduction. D. Conzelmann, Humilitas - An Intellectual Program. William of St. Thierry’s Commentary on Romans and his Evaluation of Emerging Scholasticism – P. Maranesi, Humility in Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. Evolutionary Processes of an Identical Term – C. Casagrande, In humilitate superiores sibi invicem arbitrantes (Phil. 2:3-4). Humility toward the Others between Theology and Pastoral Care (13th c.) – S. Sancho Fibla, Ascending to God, Descending through the Lineage. The Tree of Humility in the Mirouer des simples ames – N. Bray, Per modum removentis prohibens. The Thomistic Doctrine of Humility according to Meister Eckhart – I. Zavattero, Omnis magnanimus est humilis. The Doctrine of Humility in Gerald Odonis’ Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics – M. G. Muzzarelli, «D’umiltà vestuta»? Women with Covered Heads and Suitable Dress in the Late Middle Ages – A. Kehnel, Who is Afraid of a Little Lamb? Medieval Humility and the Gap between «US and THEM» in the Social and Cognitive Sciences – I. Iribarren, Meanings and Functions of Humility in Jean Gerson’s Works – N. Egel, Almsdeeds and Prayer. The Renaissance of Skepticism from the Spirit of Humility: From Savonarola, Giovanni Pico, and Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola to Descartes – A. Por - H. Paul, Humility and Modesty in the Early Modern German University: Student Instruction at Halle around 1700 – D. O’Brien, Hume on Humility. Bibliography. Indexes.
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This book offers the first critical edition of articles XXV-XXVII of the Summa of Henry of Ghent
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Investigating the work of the Dominican theologian Peter of Bergamo (†1482), the book examines the significance of the Thomistic concordances in the history of late medieval Thomism. It shows how questions concerning the contradictions in... more
Investigating the work of the Dominican theologian Peter of Bergamo (†1482), the book examines the significance of the Thomistic concordances in the history of late medieval Thomism. It shows how questions concerning the contradictions in the writings of Thomas contributed to the construction of his authority and of the philosophical and theological content of Thomism.
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Research Interests: Medieval Philosophy, Renaissance Humanism, Renaissance Philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, Ancient Philosophy, and 11 moreHistory Of Modern Philosophy, Schelling, Leo Strauss, Nicholas of Cusa, Marsilio Ficino, Eugenio Garin, Victor Cousin, Philosophical Historiography, History of Philosophical Historiography, Maldonado, and Pierre Royer-Collard
This book investigates how humility, in both theory and practice, has been perceived, conceived, described, and prescribed – by whom and for whom – from the multiple perspectives of intellectual and cultural histories, historical... more
This book investigates how humility, in both theory and practice, has been perceived, conceived, described, and prescribed – by whom and for whom – from the multiple perspectives of intellectual and cultural histories, historical anthropology, history of philosophy and theology. Fourteen experts from these fields come together to study the representation and sociocultural, historical context of humility and the humble – as well as related or concurrent notions such as modesty, cooperation, love, obedience, and magnanimity – in European sources from the 12th through
the 18th century.
Silvia Negri, Introduction – Delphine Conzelmann, Humilitas – An Intellectual Program. William of St. Thierry’s Commentary on Romans and his Evaluation of Emerging Scholasticism – Pietro Maranesi, Humility in Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. Evolutionary Processes of an Identical Term – Carla Casagrande, In humilitate superiores sibi invicem arbitrantes (Phil. 2:3-4). Humility toward the Others between Theology and Pastoral Care (13th c.) – Sergi Sancho Fibla, Ascending to God, Descending through the Lineage. The Tree of Humility in the Mirouer des simples ames – Nadia Bray, Per modum removentis prohibens. The Thomistic Doctrine of Humility according to Meister Eckhart – Irene Zavattero, Omnis magnanimus est humilis. The Doctrine of Humility in Gerald Odonis’ Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics – Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli, D’umilt vestuta ? Women with Covered Heads and Suitable Dress in the Late Middle Ages – Annette Kehnel, Who is Afraid of a Little Lamb? Medieval Humility and the Gap between US and THEM in the Social and Cognitive Sciences – Isabel Iribarren, Meanings and Functions of ‘Humility’ in Jean Gerson’s Works – Nikolaus Egel, Almsdeeds and Prayer. The Renaissance of Skepticism from the Spirit of Humility: From Savonarola, Giovanni Pico, and Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola to Descartes – Anne Por - Herman Paul, Humility and Modesty in the Early Modern German University: Student Instruction at Halle around 1700 – Dan O’Brien, Hume on Humility – Bibliography
the 18th century.
Silvia Negri, Introduction – Delphine Conzelmann, Humilitas – An Intellectual Program. William of St. Thierry’s Commentary on Romans and his Evaluation of Emerging Scholasticism – Pietro Maranesi, Humility in Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. Evolutionary Processes of an Identical Term – Carla Casagrande, In humilitate superiores sibi invicem arbitrantes (Phil. 2:3-4). Humility toward the Others between Theology and Pastoral Care (13th c.) – Sergi Sancho Fibla, Ascending to God, Descending through the Lineage. The Tree of Humility in the Mirouer des simples ames – Nadia Bray, Per modum removentis prohibens. The Thomistic Doctrine of Humility according to Meister Eckhart – Irene Zavattero, Omnis magnanimus est humilis. The Doctrine of Humility in Gerald Odonis’ Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics – Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli, D’umilt vestuta ? Women with Covered Heads and Suitable Dress in the Late Middle Ages – Annette Kehnel, Who is Afraid of a Little Lamb? Medieval Humility and the Gap between US and THEM in the Social and Cognitive Sciences – Isabel Iribarren, Meanings and Functions of ‘Humility’ in Jean Gerson’s Works – Nikolaus Egel, Almsdeeds and Prayer. The Renaissance of Skepticism from the Spirit of Humility: From Savonarola, Giovanni Pico, and Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola to Descartes – Anne Por - Herman Paul, Humility and Modesty in the Early Modern German University: Student Instruction at Halle around 1700 – Dan O’Brien, Hume on Humility – Bibliography
Research Interests: Medieval Philosophy, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, Medieval Latin Literature, Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and 8 moreThomism, Cultural Anthropology, Medieval Germany, Pastoral Care and Counselling, Christian Theology, Francis of Assisi, Humility, and Storia Della Filosofia Medievale
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