UID:
almahu_9949700883002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004476790
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9789004111776
Series Statement:
Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 85
Content:
Despite his fame Paracelsus remains an illusive character. As this volume points out it is somewhat of a paradox that the fascination with Paracelsus and his ideas has remained so widespread when it is born in mind that it is far from clear what exactly he contributed to medicine and natural philosophy. But perhaps it is exactly this enigma which through the ages has made Paracelsus so attractive to such a variety of people who all want to claim him as an advocate for their particular ideas. The first section of this book deals with the historiography surrounding Paracelsus and Paracelsianism and points to the need of reclaiming the man and his ideas in their proper historical context. A further two sections are concerned with the different religious, social and political implications of Paracelsianism and its medical and natural philosophical significance respectively.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
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Preface /
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List of Contributors /
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Introduction: The Enigma of Paracelsus /
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Chapter One The Spagyric Art; Or, The Impossible Work of Separating Pure from Impure Paracelsianism: a historiographical analysis /
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Chapter Two Paracelsus Fat and Thin: Thoughts on Reputations and Realities /
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Chapter Three Paracelsus as a Guiding Model - Historians and their Object /
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Chapter Four The Paracelsians - Nature and Character /
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Chapter Five Paracelsianism made Political, 1600-1650 /
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Chapter Six Medicine, Alchemy, and the Control of Language: Andreas Libavius versus the Neoparacelsians /
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Chapter Seven 'Theophrastia Sancta' - Paracelsianism as a Religion in Conflict with the Established Churches /
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Chapter Eight Hohenheim's Anthropology in the Light of his Writings on the Eucharist /
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Chapter Nine On Paracelsus's Epistemology in His Early Theological Writings and in His Astronomia Magna /
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Chapter Ten Paracelsianism and the Diffusion of the Chemical Philosophy in Early Modern Europe /
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Chapter Eleven The Acceptable Face of Paracelsianism: The Legacy of Idea medicinae and the Introduction of Paracelsianism into Early Modern Denmark /
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Chapter Twelve The Paracelsian Body /
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Chapter Thirteen The Paracelsian Kitchen /
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Chapter Fourteen 'Invisible Diseases' - Imagination and Magnetism: Paracelsus and the Consequences /
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Consolidated List of Literature /
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Index of Names /
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Index of Places /
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Index of Subjects /
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Studies in the History of Christian Thought /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Paracelsus: The Man and his Reputation, his Ideas and their Transformation. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998 ISBN 9789004111776
Language:
English
