Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Chronology ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Comparing Philosophers: How to Elevate or Undermine an Authority 11
6. Chapter 2. Comparationes and External Aids 36
7. Chapter 3. Learning, Protecting, Advertising: Comparationes in University Halls 54
8. Chapter 4. Customizing Authorities: Legends, Anecdotes, Fictions 83
9. Chapter 5. If Aristotle Were Alive, or the Paradoxes of Authority 109
10. Epilogue 150
11. Appendix A. Preface by Alfonso Pandolfi to His Comparatio 156
12. Appendix B. Federico Pendasio’s Comparatio 162
13. Appendix C. Skeptical Attitudes Toward Philosophical Concordiae 178
14. Appendix D. Francesco Vimercato’s De Dogmatibus 180
15. Notes 183
16. Bibliography 225
17. Index 255
18. Acknowledgments 261