Le fonti della metodologia scientifica umanistico-rinascimentale nell’opera di Aristotele

As is well known, Aristotle’s thought provides us with the first clear presentation of the two possible epistemological paths, the analytic and the synthetic, which characterise the entire later thought. These two perspectives constitute the circular demonstration that was the main methodological tool in the period between the 14th and 17th centuries. All historiographical research has been devoted to the study of Aristotle’s methodology in order to uncover its connections with modern thinkers and to identify fundamental links with modern and contemporary epistemology. The aim of this article is to offer one of the first philologically grounded investigations into the original sources of Aristotelian thought, which formed the basis for the relevant developments of later epistemological reflection, by examining at least three aspects of it.