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Observaciones sobre una reflexión heterodoxa en los Comentarii de Juan Luis Vives a la Ciudad de Dios de San Agustín

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    Statement of Responsibility:
    Fernández Requena, Pedro
    Main Author:
    Fernández Requena, Pedro

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    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    Spanish; Castilian
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    text (article)
    Published:
    2019
    In:
    Studia philologica valentina ISSN 1135-9560 Nº. 21, 2019, pags. 69-81
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    The Patres ecclesiae's works were a frequent topic of discussion at the time in which many humanists stood against the decadent medieval scholastics. That Juan Luis Vives was part of this tradition is demonstrated in his commentaries on Saint Augustine works. Despite its pedagogical function, the scholia of the Valencian author became quite subjective. In this sense, his ecdotic work or, specially, his «criticisms and censures» can be mentioned. Here, Vives strongly disapproves of the intense political and intellectual turmoil of his epoch. Thus, this article is aimed at describing those annotations in which Vives adopts such an Erasmist point of view to comment Augustine's De Civitate Dei. Therefore, we will analyse the way in which Vives comments the contents of this work. Moreover, the reiteration of his arguments will be remarked throughout the Commentarii. The modus operandi of Vives is justified by propaedeutic issues and it stimulates the freedom of conscience.


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