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Transforming Matter, Refining the Spirit: Alchemy, Music and Experimental Philosophy around 1600
Ist Teil von
European review (Chichester, England), 2013-05, Vol.21 (2), p.146-157
Ort / Verlag
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
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Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Although tracing its origins back to antiquity, a distinctly new kind of alchemy emerged in mid-16th-century Europe. This new tradition developed out of the teachings of Paracelsus (1493–1541), a German medical practitioner who challenged the authority of university-trained physicians. He sought to establish a reformed kind of medicine based on first-hand experience of the natural world rather than dry scholastic texts. Alchemy was at the heart of this new medicine, a body of experimental practice and theory that not only held out the promise of improving the health of individuals but could also be applied to wider sicknesses of society.