«Io vorrei poter doventare un Antigalileo». Ludovico delle Colombe e la nova del 1604

Ludovico delle Colombe was among the most tenacious adversaries of Galileo Galilei. A staunch defender of Aristotelian natural philosophy, he sought by every means – even invoking the authority of Scripture – to oppose Copernicanism, which Galileo openly endorsed with the publication of the Sidereus nuncius in 1610. This article aims to investigate the distinctive features of delle Colombe’s Aristotelian-­ ism prior to 1610, when he had not yet defined himself as «an Anti-­Galileo». To this end, the analysis has focuses on his two works on the nova of 1604, the Discorso of 1606 against Raffaello Gualterotti’s thesis, and the Risposte piacevoli e curiose of 1608, addressed to Alimberto Mauri, probably a pseudonym used by Galileo. It has therefore been established that, contrary to what was previously assumed, his shift to an anti-­Galilean form of Aristotelianism cannot be attributed to the existence of a Flo-­ rentine circle opposing Galileo before the publication of the Sidereus nuncius.

Parole chiave:Ludovico delle Colombe, Galileo Galilei, Raffaello Gualterotti, Aristotelia-­ nism, 1604 nova.

Ivan Malara, «Io vorrei poter doventare un Antigalileo». Ludovico delle Colombe e la nova del 1604 in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 4/2025, pp 580-600, DOI: 10.3280/SF2025-004003