Abstract EN:

Some occasion was given in past to polemize weither humanism, namely florentine quatrocento has been or not aphilosophical movement. This study is an attempt to put some light on the question by introducing another element of that cultural debate : status of poetry versus medieval classification of science. In that very spirit of investi gation, archivistic documents (florence asf, bnf, riccardia na, laurenziana) have furnished broad confirm that the mili eu of brunelleschi, a. Manetti, palmieri and ser piero buona ccorsi (1410-1477) -specifically involved here- considered dante's masterwork, the "commedia" an apex and a paradigmatic result for a "filosofia poetica", as would be later on theorized by ficino and pico della mirandola. So intertwining history of ideas, literature and paleography "memories of dante" put it clear that a further effort should me made for a better understanding of how florentine renaissance endeavoured -both philosophically and literarily- to balance scientific activity with poetic prophecy.