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Subject/Object, Renaissance Concept of

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The pair of concepts subject/object derives from the Greek hypokeímenon and antikeímenon and from medieval usages of the verbs subiicio and obiicio, which actually mean the opposite of their post-Cartesian usages.

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Pozzo, R. (2022). Subject/Object, Renaissance Concept of. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_241

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