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Blasius de Parma
Alternative names
Blasius Pelacanus
Blasius Parmensis
Blasius de Parma
Biagio da Parma
Biagio Pelacani
Biagio Pelacani da Parma
Disciplines
Astrology
Logic
Mathematics
Moral Philosophy
Natural Philosophy
Philosophy
Teaching locations
Pavia
Bologna
Padova
Firenze
Piacenza
Parma
Paris (? ante 1388)
- C. 1347: Born in Costamezzana, near Parma
- 1374–1378: Lecturer in logic and philosophy in Pavia
- 1379–1382: Lecturer in philosophy and astrology in Bologna
- 1384–1387: Lecturer in philosophy and astrology in Padua
- 1387–1388: Lecturer in natural philosophy and astrology in Bologna
- 1388–1389: Lecturer in natural and practical philosophy in Florence
- 1389–1407: Lecturer in astrology, natural philosophy, and practical philosophy in Pavia
- 16 October 1396: Summoned by the bishop of Pavia for doctrines contrary to the Catholic faith
- 1398–1402: Followed the transfer of the Pavia university to Piacenza
- 1407–1411: Lecturer in Padua
- 1412: Appointed Prior of the College of Arts at the restored university in Parma, a position he held until 1415
- 23 April 1416: Died in Parma and was buried in the Cathedral
- Biard, J. – Robert, A. (éds), La philosophie de Blaise de Parme: physique, psychologie, éthique, Firenze 2019.
- Biard, J. – Rommevaux, S. (eds.), Blaise de Parme, Questions sur la Physique, IV, qu. 4 et qu. 5, in J. Biard – S. Rommevaux (eds.), La nature et le vide dans la physique médiévale: Études dédiées à Edward Grant, Turnhout 2012: 294-317.
- Biard, J., Mathématiques et philosophie dans les Questions de Blaise de Parme sur le Traité des rapports de Thomas Bradwardine / Mathematics and philosophy in Blasius of Parma’s Questions on the Treatise on proportions of Thomas Bradwardine, “Revue d’histoire des sciences” 56-2, 2003: 383-400.
- Federici Vescovini, G., Astrologia e scienza. La crisi dell’arisstotelismo sul cadere del Trecento e Biagio Pelacani da Parma, Firenze 1979.
- Federici Vescovini, G., Opere di Biagio Pelacani da Parma, in G. Federici-Vescovini – F. Baroncelli (eds.), Filosofia, scienza e astrologia nel Trecento europeo. Biagio Pelacani parmense, Padova 1992.
- Federici-Vescovini, G., Discorso logico e discorso teologico secondo Biagio Pelacani da Parma, “Archives d’Histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge” 45, 1978: 33-44.
- Federici-Vescovini, G., Il problema dell’ateismo di Biagio Pelacani da Parma, Doctor Diabolicus, in F.Niewöhner – O. Pluta (eds.), Atheismus im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance, Wiesbaden 1999: 193-214.
- Harrison, A., Blasius of Parma’s critique of Bradwardine’s “Tractatus de proportionibus”, in Poppi, A. (ed.), Scienza e filosofia all’Università di Padova nel Quattrocento, Padova 1983: 19-70.
- Murdoch, J. E., Music and Natural Philosophy: Hitherto Unnoticed «Questiones» by Blasius of Parma (?), “Manuscripta” 20/2, 1976: 119-136.
- Tabarroni, A., Notizie biografiche su alcuni maestri di arte e medicina attivi nello studium bolognese nel XIV secolo, in in Buzzetti, D. – Ferriani, M. – Tabarroni, A. (eds.), L’insegnamento della logica a Bologna nel XIV secolo, Bologna 1992Bologna 1992: 610.
- Thorndike, L., A History of Magic and Experimental Science. Vol. IV, 1934: 65-79.
- Weijers, O., Le travail intellectuel à la Faculté des arts de Paris: textes et maîtres (ca. 1200-1500). 1. Répertoire des noms commençant par A – B, Turnhout 1994: 85-87.