Atoms, Corpuscles and Minima in the Renaissance / / edited by Christoph Lüthy, and Elena Nicoli.
The Renaissance witnessed an upsurge in explanations of natural events in terms of invisibly small particles – atoms, corpuscles, minima, monads and particles. The reasons for this development are as varied as are the entities that were proposed. This volume covers the period from the earliest comme...
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Atoms, Corpuscles and Minima in the Renaissance / edited by Christoph Lüthy, and Elena Nicoli. 1st ed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023. ©2023 1 online resource (331 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023 Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science ; 36 Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Atoms, Corpuscles, and Minima in the Renaissance: An Overview / Christoph Lüthy -- Chapter 2 Atomism in Sixteenth-Century Italian Commentaries on Lucretius / Elena Nicoli -- Chapter 3 Galenic Medicine and the Atomist Revival: Elements, Particles, and Minima in Late Renaissance Physiology / Elisabeth Moreau -- Chapter 4 Pores, Parts, and Powers in Sixteenth-Century Commentaries on Meteorologica IV / Craig Martin -- Chapter 5 Atoms, Corpuscles, and Minima in the Renaissance: The Case of Nicolaus Biesius (1516–1573) / Christoph Lüthy -- Chapter 6 Mechanical Arts and Biological Development on the Sixteenth-Century World Stage: The Paracelsian Mechanical Philosophy of Petrus Severinus / Jole Shackelford -- Chapter 7 Democritus in Francesco Patrizi and Giordano Bruno / Leen Spruit -- Chapter 8 Nicholas Hill, an English Atomist / Sandra Plastina -- Chapter 9 Finite God and Infinite Space: Conrad Vorstius and David Gorlaeus / Kuni Sakamoto -- Chapter 10 Atomism, Mechanism, and Chymistry in the Natural Philosophy of Walter Warner / Stephen Clucas -- Chapter 11 Isaac Newton’s Atomist Sources: The Case of Bernhard Varenius / William R. Newman -- Bibliography -- Index of Names. Description based on print version record. The Renaissance witnessed an upsurge in explanations of natural events in terms of invisibly small particles – atoms, corpuscles, minima, monads and particles. The reasons for this development are as varied as are the entities that were proposed. This volume covers the period from the earliest commentaries on Lucretius’ De rerum natura to the sources of Newton’s alchemical texts. Contributors examine key developments in Renaissance physiology, meteorology, metaphysics, theology, chymistry and historiography, all of which came to assign a greater explanatory weight to minute entities. These contributions show that there was no simple ‘revival of atomism’, but that the Renaissance confronts us with a diverse and conceptually messy process. Contributors are: Stephen Clucas, Christoph Lüthy, Craig Martin, Elisabeth Moreau, William R. Newman, Elena Nicoli, Sandra Plastina, Kuni Sakamoto, Jole Shackelford, and Leen Spruit. English Includes bibliographical references and index. Atomism History 16th century. Matter Constitution History 16th century. Matter Constitution History 17th century. Print version: Lüthy, Christoph Atoms, Corpuscles and Minima in the Renaissance Boston : BRILL,c2022 Lüthy, Christoph, editor. Nicoli, Elena, editor. Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023. Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science ; 36. |
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