Blasius of Parma (Biagio Pelacani da Parma) (c. 1350 – 1416) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician and astrologer. [1] He popularised English and French philosophical work in Italy, where he associated both with scholastics and with early Renaissance humanists. [2]
He was professor of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he taught from 1382 to 1388; he taught also at the University of Pavia (1374? to 1378, and again 1389 to 1407), and the University of Bologna (1389 to 1382). [3] [4] His students included Vittorino da Feltre. [5]
Blasius around 1390 wrote a work on perspective; it drew on Alhacen, John Pecham, and Witelo. [6] Filippo Brunelleschi may have known of the work of Blasius through Giovanni dell'Abbaco. [7]
His Tractatus de Ponderibus was based on Oxford theories on laws of motion taken up from the statics of Jordanus Nemorarius, and introduced them into Italy. [8] He disagreed with the views of Thomas Bradwardine on proportion, and gave a proof of the mean speed theorem. He also wrote on the natural philosophy of Aristotle. [9]
Blasius of Parma (Biagio Pelacani da Parma) (c. 1350 – 1416) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician and astrologer. [1] He popularised English and French philosophical work in Italy, where he associated both with scholastics and with early Renaissance humanists. [2]
He was professor of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he taught from 1382 to 1388; he taught also at the University of Pavia (1374? to 1378, and again 1389 to 1407), and the University of Bologna (1389 to 1382). [3] [4] His students included Vittorino da Feltre. [5]
Blasius around 1390 wrote a work on perspective; it drew on Alhacen, John Pecham, and Witelo. [6] Filippo Brunelleschi may have known of the work of Blasius through Giovanni dell'Abbaco. [7]
His Tractatus de Ponderibus was based on Oxford theories on laws of motion taken up from the statics of Jordanus Nemorarius, and introduced them into Italy. [8] He disagreed with the views of Thomas Bradwardine on proportion, and gave a proof of the mean speed theorem. He also wrote on the natural philosophy of Aristotle. [9]