A partire dal primo Novecento si è diffuso il concetto di ‘averroismo politico’, con riferimento soprattutto a Dante Alighieri e a Marsilio da Padova. Di questo concetto, che presenta forti motivazioni di ordine teorico e ideologico, viene qui ricostruita la genesi più remota, che si può ricondurre essenzialmente a due elementi: il ruolo centrale occupato dalla riflessione politica in seguito alla Rivoluzione francese e l’assunzione di Averroè a figura-simbolo, anticipatrice del razionalismo moderno. // From the early twentieth century onwards, the concept of ‘political Averroism’ has become widespread, especially with reference to Dante Alighieri and to Marsilius of Padua. It is our intention here to establish and delineate the remotest origin of this concept, which can be fundamentally traced back to two elements: the central role accorded to political reflection as a consequence of the French Revolution, and the adoption of Averroes as a symbol and figure anticipating modern rationalism.
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