Medical humanism and natural philosophy : Renaissance debates on matter, life, and the soul / / by Hiro Hirai.
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...
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| Superior document: | Medieval and early modern science ; v. 17 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of science and medicine library ;
v. 26. History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 17. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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 |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283395908 9786613395900 9004218726 |
| ISSN: | 1872-0684 : v. 26 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Hiro Hirai. |