Il Discorso dell'essenza del fato di Baccio Baldini. Riflessioni a margine e testo

This contribution describes specific aspects of the dispute on the concept of fate developed during the Renaissance, starting from the publication and commentary of the Discorso dell’essenza del fato published by Baccio Baldini in 1578. This text emerged from the cultural context of the Florentine Academy and reacted to an array of philosophical and philological works circulating during the same period. The genesis, methodology and literary fortune of Baldini’s work will be analysed in relation to explicit and implicit models.