Academic theories of generation in the Renaissance : the contemporaries and successors of Jean Fernel (1497-1558) /: the contemporaries and successors of Jean Fernel (1497-1558). (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Linda Deer Richardson ; Benjamin Goldberg, editor.
• Editors: Goldberg, Benjamin
• Other Names: Deer Richardson, Linda
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Abstract; Preface: On the Study of Medicine and Philosophy in the Renaissance; Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors Photos; Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: The Sources: Classical Theories of Generation and Their Renaissance Editions; Chapter 2: Classical Theories of Generation in the Renaissance; Chapter 3: Plato; Chapter 4: Hippocrates; Chapter 5: Pneuma and the Pre-Socratics; Chapter 6: Aristotle; Chapter 7: Galen; Part II: Philosophi Adversus Medicos: Renaissance Commentaries on Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Generation of Animals Chapter 8: The Context of Debate and the Classic QuestionsChapter 9: Renaissance Commentators on â#x80;#x9C;De Generationeâ#x80;#x9D;: Felix Accorambonius (fl. 1540â#x80;#x93;90); Chapter 10: Agostino Nifo (1470? â#x80;#x93;1538); Chapter 11: Cesare Cremonini (1550â#x80;#x93;1631); Chapter 12: The â#x80;#x98;Anti-commentaryâ#x80;#x99; of Bernardino Telesio (1509â#x80;#x93;1588); Part III: Medici et Philosophi: Generation in Textbooks of Theoretical Medicine; Chapter 13: The â#x80;#x98;Compendia Traditionâ#x80;#x99; and Jean Fernel (1497â#x80;#x93;1559); Chapter 14: Elements and Temperaments; The Elements; Chapter 15: Spirits and Innate Heat; The Spiritus and Innate Heat The Spiritus in GenerationInnate Heat and Spirits in Generation: Contemporaries and Successors; Johannes Argenterius; Jean Riolan; De calido: Zabarella, Paparella, Caimo; De spiritibus: Delphinus, Bertacchius, Bronzerius; Conclusion; Chapter 16: The Soul in Generation and the Animation of the Foetus; Conclusion: Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance; Appendices; Appendix I: Renaissance Editions of Major Classical Works on Generation; Appendix II: Renaissance Compendia; Appendix III: A Note on Parts; the Anatomical Assumptions of Generation Theorists
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (301 pages)
• Subjects: 940.2; Medicine; Reproduction -- History -- 16th century; Renaissance; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Renaissance; Reproduction; Medical -- Ethics; Education -- General; Philosophy; Teaching of a specific subject; Medical Education; Medical -- History; History of medicine; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319693361; 3319693360
• Related ISBNs: 9783319693347; 3319693344
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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