Marble portraits  

An young student of philosophy entered in a library, he was accustomed because by age of 16^th age he red much matter but above all philosophy, therefore in a big city, where he attended his University, with great dislike of his father would that Hadrian, this is name of boy, make attorney, a family’s tradition, but Hadrian was very inclined for philosophy, he repeated often: “I am inclined to think not certainly rather memory”, when enrolled in library he started his round among books, much he has red, but he saw with pleasure, and he think again how much he has red, and while he, after that has took a book and opened it, he listened back a voice: “Do you think that it is interesting?”, and Hadrian turned soon and saw a Franciscan monk, with a thick beard and an intense glance; Hadrian soon was astonish and he asked: “For religion and theologian I don’t know where you can go, because…”, and Franciscan interrupted soon: “But I don’t searching theologian and religion”, and Hadrian: “Do you are searching”, and Franciscan: “You”. Hadrian thought soon that he was crazy or an jokey, and in fact he smiled, but Franciscan: “Why do you smiled? I awaited you”, and Hadrian: “Who are you?”, and Franciscan: “It isn’t important, after”; Hadrian looked him with much interest because he was very strange, and Franciscan: “Somebody, in Middle Age, carried a fracture between think and faith, every men can feel God with his faith but alone intellect cans guarantees that we know reality”, and Hadrian, smiled and: “It is obvious, I don’t think that it is very important think, and…”, Franciscan: “Tell it during Middle Age, when Saint Agustin on contrary would that brain and faith were only, when every philosopher has thought that all was alone will of God, and our intellect was alone product of will of God, somebody has though we can know the sensible reality with our senses, I follow Aristotle that has adopted speculative inquiry with senses; but I think that active intellect, alone human, cans permits us a knowledge direct and alone through our sense; this concept is a subdivision between sky and word, and it is important, because that you now think, with this subdivision I have carried first in Middle Age”, Hadrian looked with much interest this monk and he saw him that turned, and Hadrian: “Where do you going?”, and Franciscan: “You have first lesson of Medieval philosopher”, come in classroom. Hadrian with book between hands followed the Franciscan, he entered in classroom and saw same monk who set in chair and he explicated Medieval philosophy; Hadrian was very astonish, and he thought that he was a professor, therefore when lesson ended Hadrian turned toward his colleagues and he saw alone marble portraits , and he approached to professor and asked: “Why now are alone marble portraits?” and Franciscan: “Now lesson is ended and I go among marble portraits”, and Hadrian: “Who are you?” and Franciscan turned toward Hadrian : “Read name on book”, Hadrian red and book was written by William from Occam, Franciscan, Hadrian, who was little expert of Mediaeval philosophy, opened book and red: “William form Occam is dead at 1348”. Hadrian looked around and among marble portrait was also William from Occam.

        Alessandro Lusana