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Parcelsian moments : science, medicine & astrology in early modern Europe / edited by Gerhild Scholz Williams & Charles D. Gunnoe, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (1999 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- Series:
- Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 64.
- Sixteenth Century essays & studies, 1070-3128 ; 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
- Paracelsus.
- Science--Europe--History--16th century.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Scientific ideas inspired by religious, magical, and alchemical themes competed alongside traditional Aristotelian science and the emerging mechanical philosophy in the early modern era. At the center of this ferment was a quirky and creative German physician, Paracelsus, whose religious-alchemical worldview served as an inspiration for countless scientific innovators.This collection is about Paracelsus and the wide range of issues he explored, and ones taken up by many who were directly or indirectly affected by the same mental universe that sustained his thought and writings. This volume includes strong contextual studies on Paracelsianism and the larger cultural history of early modern science, including groundbreaking studies on Robert Boyle, François Rabelais, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and Johannes Praetorius.
- Contents:
- ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Paracelsiana""; ""Paracelsus�s Biography among His Detractors (Gunnoe, Jr.)""; ""Paracelsus and the Boundaries of Medicine in Early Modern Augsburg (Hammond)""; ""To Be or Not To Be a Paracelsian (Shackelford)""; ""“A Spedie Reformation� (Payne)""; ""Seeing “Microcosma� (Keller)""; ""Paracelsus on Baptism and the Acquiring of the Eternal Body (Daniel)""; ""Paracelsus and van Helmont on Imagination (Schott)""; ""Natural Magic and Natural Wonders""; ""Unholy Astrology (Rabin)""; ""Wine and Obscenities (Scoggins)""
- ""Robert Boyle, “The Sceptical Chymist,� and Hebrew (Walton)""""Johannes Praetorius (Williams)""; ""Demons, Natural Magic, and the Virtually Real (Clark)""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Selection de contributions donnees lors de "annual sixteenth century studies conference", St. Louis, octobre 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-271-09103-7
- 1-935503-56-1
- OCLC:
- 1273307073
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