Fazio Cardano, Girolamo Cardano’s father, plays a key role in Girolamo’s philosophical investigations. This article focuses on Girolamo’s use of Fazio as an authoritative figure in matters of demonic apparitions and explores the boundaries – not always clearly defined – between storytelling and reliable witnessing in Cardano’s accounts of family memories, reported speeches and preternatural phenomena.
Fazio and His Demons: Girolamo Cardano on the Art of Storytelling and the Science of Witnessing
Giglioni, Guido
2010-01-01
Abstract
Fazio Cardano, Girolamo Cardano’s father, plays a key role in Girolamo’s philosophical investigations. This article focuses on Girolamo’s use of Fazio as an authoritative figure in matters of demonic apparitions and explores the boundaries – not always clearly defined – between storytelling and reliable witnessing in Cardano’s accounts of family memories, reported speeches and preternatural phenomena.File in questo prodotto:
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