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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Table of 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.