- Recapitulation of the history of 13th century philosophy.
- Trends, interests and conflicts of the 14th century philosophy.
- The birth of humanism and its different aspects.
- The development of “observances” and of pontifical totalitarianism in the 15th century and their cultural aftermaths.
- The birth of renaissance Aristotelianism. Vernia. Pomponazzi.
- The birth of renaissance Platonism. Cusanus. Ficino.
- Esotericism and magic from the late Middle Ages to the early Modern Age.
- Giovanni Pico. Erasmus. Machiavelli.
- Reformation and Counter-reformation.
- Giovanfrancesco Pico. Agrippa (1st part).
- The university philosophy of the 16th century.
- Agrippa (2nd part). Paracelsus.
- The question of method in the 16th century.
- Fracastoro. Cardano. Telesio.
- The end of renaissance neoplatonism: Patrizi and Bruno.
- Esoterism from 16th to 17th century.
- Towards the 17th-century university philosophy: Scotists and Thomists.
- From Copernicus to Galilei.