GENUA, Marc'Antonio, known as Il Genua (Genoa, Zenoa, Janua). - Paduan Averroist, b. toward the end of the 15th century, d. at Padua in 1563. His father Niccolò taught medicine in the same Studium of Padua, where M. A. professed philosophy with great success from 1517 until his death.

He left a commentary on Aristotle's Physica and on the De anima. In the latter he endeavors to demonstrate the perfect agreement, on the question of the unique intellect, between Averroes and Simplicius, whose commentary on the De anima had recently become known. G. combats Pomponazzi and the other Alexandrists from his Averroist point of view.

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BIBL.: Editions: In tres libros de anima, Venice 1576; Disputatio de intellectus humani immortalitate, Monte Regali 1565. The commentary on the Physica exists in ms. Vat. lat. 4702-4703, and that on the De anima in two recensions considerably different from the cited printed edition, in codd. Vat. lat. 4704-7407. - Studies: G. C. Caraceno, at the beginning of the Venetian ed. of the De anima; A. Berga, at the beginning of the Disputatio; G. Vedova, Biogr. degli scrittori padovani, I, Padua 1832, pp. 457-60.

Bruno Nardi

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