On the Origins of the Term coaequaevus in Medieval Thought. Between Latin Platonism and Arabic Philosophy

Questo articolo analizza le prime attestazioni del termine coaequaevus nel pensiero latino medievale, prima dello sviluppo della dottrina teologica dei quattro coaequaeva nel XIII secolo. Le occorrenze del termine prima di questa data possono essere ricondotte a due contesti principali: da un lato quello del platonismo latino e della Scuola di Chartres; dall’altro, quello della traduzione di opere del peripatetismo arabo. L’articolo presenta l’ipotesi che il legame di Gundissalino con la Scuo...

Review essay of 'Francesco O. Zamboni. At the Roots of Causality: Ontology and Aetiology from Avicenna to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2023. xi + 344 pages. ISBN 9789004684874.'

The entrepreneur and the ecosystem: extending and operationalizing EE theory from an embeddedness perspective

Why do entrepreneurs leave their current entrepreneurial ecosystems to relocate elsewhere? While entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) theory tends to assume that entrepreneurs remain embedded within their ecosystems, this study challenges that notion by examining ecosystem “leakage” and highlighting the permeability of EE boundaries. Drawing from an embeddedness perspective, we extend EE theory by developing hypotheses on relational, structural, family, and societal embeddedness. In doing so, we in...

Marmora Vesuviana: archaeometric analyses of marble artifacts in the Granai del Foro in Pompeii

Abstract: This interdisciplinary research, pursued within a broader project titled “Marmora Vesuviana,” focuses on marble artifacts from the Granai del Foro (Granaries of the Forum), one of the major deposits at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, currently under renovation. This research reflects the situation in 2014, when 26 stone artifacts—architectural elements, pieces of furniture, and a free-standing statue—were sampled to identify the stone materials used and their provenance. Two of ...