By Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva & IPM Monthly Team
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Par Grégory Clesse
Les Étymologies d’Isidore sont l’un des « best-sellers » du début du Moyen Âge et ont été citées par de nombreux auteurs médiévaux. Mais elles constituent également une compilation basée sur des auteurs plus anciens, parfois perdus. Dans cette perspective, Isidore peut être considéré comme un pont entre l’Antiquité et le Moyen Âge. Maria Vittoria Martino (UCLouvain) fournit quelques clés pour comprendre cette figure majeure.
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By Isabel Inzunza Gomez
Philosophy Across Divides it’s a space for those who believe that thinking is not a luxury but a form of care; a way of keeping the lights on when the world starts flickering. Philosophy, when it’s alive, doesn’t sit quietly in a corner; it notices, interrupts, interferes.
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By Lorenzo Centini
Lottiamo quotidianamente con il problema di accordare la nostra fiducia a enunciati dei quali non possiamo essere certi. Non si tratta (solo) di una questione contemporanea: anche i filosofi medievali erano preoccupati dalla necessità di concedere un credito provvisorio a affermazioni incerte. Bonaventura è fra questi. La fonte alla quale egli si affida per avvicinarsi al problema è la fede in Dio e nella sua volontà. Ma come possiamo credere in qualcosa che non siamo in grado di dimostrare?
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By Mário Correia
Our monthly list of recently published books on philosophy, history, and the Middle Ages for November 2025. Take a look to find out the latest trend in our field.
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By Nicola Milanesi
Today we interview Roberto Limonta. He is the series editor of the historical collection Biblioteca di cultura medievale, published by Jaca Book (Milan). He has worked as an editor for several publishing houses and curated the first catalogue of Umberto Eco’s modern library and manuscript archive. A historian of medieval philosophy, he conducts research at the Universities of Salerno and Parma, focusing on monastic thought.
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By Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva
As the end of 2025 is almost upon us, the IPM team has begun considering how to be better next year. Thus, it is only appropriate that this month’s small portrait features the work of Yu Wang, who is a specialist in ancient ethics and moral psychology!
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By Ana Maria Machado
Throughout all ages, humankind has celebrated festivals, often with a deeply religious character; the worship of the gods lay at the heart of all festive expressions. In the soul of the people, traces of ancient pagan beliefs still endure, keeping these old traditions alive for future generations. The Feast of the Goat and the Canhoto is one of Portugal’s oldest traditions, comparable in many ways to Halloween.
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