Lorenzo Valla’s Repastinatio dialecticae et philosophiae

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Latin prose work humanist work philosophical treatise

Lorenzo Valla’s *Repastinatio dialecticae et philosophiae* is a seminal humanist treatise that attacks scholastic logic and philosophy in favor of a rhetoric-centered, philological approach to knowledge and ethics.

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A. Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's *De docta ignorantia* is a foundational 15th-century philosophical and theological treatise that articulates the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing the limits of human knowledge, deeply influencing Renaissance Platonism.
B. Tusculanae Disputationes
Tusculanae Disputationes is a series of philosophical dialogues by Cicero that explore themes such as death, pain, grief, and the pursuit of happiness from a Roman Stoic-influenced perspective.
C. Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
D. Disputation with the Doctors
Disputation with the Doctors is a New Testament scene in Christian art depicting the young Jesus engaging in learned debate with teachers in the Jerusalem Temple.
E. Peter Lombard’s Sentences
Peter Lombard’s Sentences is a 12th-century theological textbook that systematically compiles and organizes patristic and medieval Christian doctrine, becoming the standard foundation for scholastic theology and commentary in the later Middle Ages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Lorenzo Valla’s Repastinatio dialecticae et philosophiae
Target entity description: Lorenzo Valla’s *Repastinatio dialecticae et philosophiae* is a seminal humanist treatise that attacks scholastic logic and philosophy in favor of a rhetoric-centered, philological approach to knowledge and ethics.

A. Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's *De docta ignorantia* is a foundational 15th-century philosophical and theological treatise that articulates the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing the limits of human knowledge, deeply influencing Renaissance Platonism.
B. Tusculanae Disputationes
Tusculanae Disputationes is a series of philosophical dialogues by Cicero that explore themes such as death, pain, grief, and the pursuit of happiness from a Roman Stoic-influenced perspective.
C. Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
D. Disputation with the Doctors
Disputation with the Doctors is a New Testament scene in Christian art depicting the young Jesus engaging in learned debate with teachers in the Jerusalem Temple.
E. Peter Lombard’s Sentences
Peter Lombard’s Sentences is a 12th-century theological textbook that systematically compiles and organizes patristic and medieval Christian doctrine, becoming the standard foundation for scholastic theology and commentary in the later Middle Ages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ humanist work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
advocates	ethics grounded in ordinary language ⓘ philological method in philosophy ⓘ rhetoric-centered approach to knowledge ⓘ
aimsTo	align philosophy with rhetoric ⓘ reform logic ⓘ restore classical Latin standards in philosophical discourse ⓘ
associatedWith	critique of medieval logical subtleties ⓘ
author	Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
concerns	ethical deliberation in everyday life ⓘ logic as an instrument of persuasion ⓘ
criticizes	Aristotelian scholasticism ⓘ formal logic of the scholastics ⓘ
emphasizes	historical study of language ⓘ priority of rhetoric over dialectic ⓘ use of common speech ⓘ
focusesOn	critique of abstract universals ⓘ practical reasoning in ethics ⓘ relation between language and thought ⓘ
genre	polemical work ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key text in the humanist attack on scholasticism ⓘ
influenced	Renaissance theories of rhetoric ⓘ later humanist logicians ⓘ
mainTopic	dialectic ⓘ ethics ⓘ humanism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ
method	comparison of classical Latin usage with scholastic terminology ⓘ philological analysis of philosophical vocabulary ⓘ
movement	Renaissance humanism ⓘ
opposes	separation of logic from rhetoric ⓘ technical jargon of scholastic philosophy ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
period	Italian Renaissance ⓘ
philosophicalStance	anti-scholastic ⓘ linguistic nominalism ⓘ
placesImportanceOn	classical Latin authors ⓘ ordinary linguistic usage ⓘ
positionHeld	critique of scholastic logic ⓘ critique of scholastic metaphysics ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Elegances of the Latin Language ⓘ linked to: Elegantiae linguae Latinae
titleTranslation	Reploughing of Dialectic and Philosophy ⓘ