title: SERPENT/DRAGON IN PLATO-ARISTOTELIAN POLEMICS OF THE 15TH CENTURY
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metadata.value: Semikolennykh, Maria V.
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metadata.value: 2023-03-03T17:24:28Z
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metadata.value: 2023
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288063183.17
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39272
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metadata.value: The serpent or dragon and its fight with the dragonslayer is a traditional mythological
  and literary motif. It is also common for a polemical context, when an adversary — a
  schismatic, a heretic, a political opponent — is compared to a poisonous or fire-breathing monster. Among the many eschatological images that George of Trebizond cites in his
  dramatic characteristic of Plato and the Platonists in Comparatio philosophorum Aristotelis
  et Platonis (1458), there is also a comparison of Platonic teachings with a serpent, a dragon,
  or the many-headed Hydra. This is not a coincidence: George draws quite obvious
  parallels between the triumph of Platonism (which he hopes to prevent) and the triumph
  of the Antichrist, who is often described as dragon or associated with a snake; the association
  with the eloquent and treacherous serpent is also transparent. The opponents of
  George of Trebizond: Basilios Bessarion, Theodore Gaza, Niccolò Perotti, Domitio Calderini,
  — ignore George’s “eschatological” accusations. However, they also resort to the image
  of a dragon, snake, or chimera, applying it to George himself — in their writings, the
  struggle with his “serpentine tongue” and “all-besmearing infectious breath” turns into
  a kind of collective dragon slaying. The article discusses examples of comparison with a
  serpent/dragon in George of Trebizond, Niccolò Perotti, and Domitio Calderini’s writings,
  their context, and various interpretations of serpent/dragon motif. Refs 15.
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metadata.value: Исследование выполнено при поддержке Российского научного фонда в рамках проекта № 18-78-10051 «Византийский фактор в формировании русской логической традиции».
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: St. Petersburg University Studies in Social Sciences & Humanities;Volume 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medieval demonology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: eschatology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: serpent
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: polemics
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Renaissance Platonism
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metadata.value: Plato-Aristotelian controversy
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: SERPENT/DRAGON IN PLATO-ARISTOTELIAN POLEMICS OF THE 15TH CENTURY
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