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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789874303321

Autore

Hirai Hiro

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-39590-8

9786613395900

90-04-21872-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Medieval and early modern science ; ; v. 17

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

Disciplina

144.09

Soggetti

Humanism - History

Physicians

Humanists

Medicine - Philosophy - History

Medicine - History

Philosophy - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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