Medical humanism and natural philosophy [electronic resource] : Renaissance debates on matter, life, and the soul / by Hiro Hirai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirai, Hiro.

Series:

History of science and medicine library ; v. 26.

History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 17.

Medieval and early modern science ; v. 17

History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 : v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanism--History.

Humanism.

Physicians.

Humanists.

Medicine--Philosophy--History.

Medicine.

Medicine--History.

Philosophy--History.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Inspired by the ideas contained in the newly recovered ancient sources, Renaissance humanists questioned the traditional teachings of universities. Humanistically trained physicians, called “medical humanists,” were particularly active in the field of natural philosophy, where alternative approaches were launched and tested. Their intellectual outcome contributed to the reorientation of philosophy toward natural questions, which were to become crucial in the seventeenth century. This volume explores six medical humanists of diverse geographical and confessional origins (Leoniceno, Fernel, Schegk, Gemma, Liceti and Sennert) and their debates on matter, life and the soul. The study of these debates sheds new light on the contributions of humanist culture to the evolution of early modern natural philosophy

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

I Nicolo Leoniceno between the Arabo-Latin Tradition and the Renaissance of the Greek Commentators

II Jean Fernel and His Christian Platonic Interpretation of Galen

III Jacob Schegk on the Plastic Faculty and the Origin of Souls

IV Cornelius Gemma and His Neoplatonic Reading of Hippocrates

V Fortunio Liceti against Marsilio Ficino on the World-Soul and the Origin of Life

VI Daniel Sennert on Living Atoms, Hylomorphism and Spontaneous Generation

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-39590-8

9786613395900

90-04-21872-6

OCLC:

769927267

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004218727 DOI