Considerazioni sulla 'cristianizzazione' di Aristotele in alcuni commenti di Marsilio di Inghen

In this paper Marsilius of Inghen's way of conceiving the relationship between philosophical research and Catholic faith is inspected. In his Aristotelian commentaries Marsilius is clearly influenced by the ermeneutical practice developed since the mid-thirteenth century by Art masters, who generally regarded their task of expounding Aristotle's though as a strictly philosophical work, to be porsued independently of religious concerns. Yet in some passages of his commentaries Marsilius tackles more prudently the doctrinal divergences between the Aristotelian and the Christian worldview, and seems much more sensitive to the bounds of orthodoxy; however, this does not mean that Marsilius aimed at 'Christianising' Aristotle in the proper sense of the word: despite a few exceptions, he shows no scruples in reporting what Aristotle actually said, and makes no serious attempt to interpret it so as to render it compatible with the articles of faith.