Luciano Canfora

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Luciano Canfora


Born
in Bari, Italy
June 05, 1942

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Luciano Canfora (Bari, 1942) è un filologo classico, storico, saggista e accademico italiano.
Canfora è figlio dello storico della filosofia Fabrizio Canfora e della latinista e grecista Rosa Cifarelli, entrambi docenti del prestigioso Liceo Ginnasio Quinto Orazio Flacco di Bari nonché antifascisti protagonisti della vita culturale e civile della città nel secondo dopoguerra. È professore emerito di filologia greca e latina presso l'Università di Bari e coordinatore scientifico della Scuola superiore di studi storici di San Marino. È membro dei comitati direttivi di diverse riviste, sia scientifiche sia di alta divulgazione, come il Journal of Classical Tradition di Boston, la spagnola Historia y crítica, la rivista italiana di alta divulgaz
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Il mistero Tucidide

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“En considérant cet enchaînement de fondations, de résurrections et de catastrophes, on croit saisir un fil qui relie les divers efforts, en bonne partie vains, du monde hellénistico-romain pour sauver ses livres. Tout commence avec Alexandrie : Pergame, Antioche, Rome, Athènes ne sont que des répliques. La dernière réincarnation aura lieu à Byzance, et ce sera encore une fois une bibliothèque dans un palais : celui de l'empereur et celui du patriarche.

Les destructions, les ruines, les saccages, les incendies frappèrent surtout les grands rassemblements de livres, placés, selon la règle, au centre du pouvoir. Les bibliothèques de Byzance ne firent pas non plus exception. C'est pourquoi, ce qui à la fin est resté ne vient pas des grands centres, mais de lieux "marginaux" (les couvents) ou de copies privées sporadiques.”
Luciano Canfora, The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World

“Pour moi, écrit Pathios, je sais que, souvent, des écrits d'auteurs différents offrent une grande ressemblance et que des écrits de caractère différent remontent à un seul auteur. Car les ressources humaines ne sont pas toujours inaltérables ni immuables, pas plus dans les lettres que dans les autres domaines.”
Luciano Canfora, Il copista come autore

“Whoever claims to have understood everything with hindsight cannot be taken seriously.”
Luciano Canfora

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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium The Year 1000 What Life Was Like At the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey Robert Lacey
 
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Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz Barbara Mertz
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

The Vanished Library The Vanished Library A Wonder of the Ancient World by Luciano Canfora Luciano Canfora
 
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Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750 Good Wives Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
 
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Neanderthal: Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins Neanderthal Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins by Paul Jordan Paul Jordan
 
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