Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541) : essential theoretical writings / edited and translated with a commentary and introduction by Andrew Weeks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paracelsus, 1493-1541.

Contributor:

Weeks, Andrew.

Series:

Aries book series ; v. 5.

Aries book series ; v. 5

Standardized Title:

Selections. English & German. 2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occultism--Early works to 1900.

Occultism.

Alchemy.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (985 p.)

Other Title:

Essential theoretical writings

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The daunting writings of Paracelsus—the second largest 16th-century body of writings in German after Luther’s—contributed to medicine, natural science, alchemy, philosophy, theology, and esoteric tradition. This volume provides a critical edition of essential writings from the authoritative 1589 Huser Paracelsus alongside new English translations and commentary on the sources and context of the full corpus. The Essential Theoretical Writings incorporate topics ranging from metaphyics, cosmology, faith, religious conflict, magic, gender, and education, to the processes of nature, disease and medication, female and male sufferings, and cures of body and soul. Properly contextualized, these treatises yield rich extracts of Renaissance and Reformation culture, soundings of 16th-century life, and keys to an influential but poorly understood early modern intellectual tradition.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / C.A. Weeks

Introduction: / C.A. Weeks

I. Paragranum: German/ English / C.A. Weeks

II. Opus Paramirum: German/ English / C.A. Weeks

III. On The Origin And Cause Of Diseases Of Both Kinds (De Morborum Utriusque Professionis Origine Et Causa. Liber Tertius Paramiri): German/English / C.A. Weeks

IV. On The Matrix (Paramiri Liber Quartus De Matrice): German / English / C.A. Weeks

V. On The Invisible Diseases (De Causis Morborum Invisibilum): German / English / C.A. Weeks

General Index / C.A. Weeks

Index Of Names / C.A. Weeks

Index Of Paracelsus’ Life And Work / C.A. Weeks

Index Of Citations From The Bible / C.A. Weeks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-92661-2

9786611926618

90-474-2341-0

OCLC:

304398304

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004157569.i-975 DOI