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An alchemical quest for universal knowledge : the 'Christian philosophy' of Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) / Georgiana D. Hedesan

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Hedesan, Georgiana D.
Published
London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Physical Description
xix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Van Helmont in Context -- 1.The Medical Alchemical Background of Van Helmont's Christian Philosophy -- Paracelsus and His Astronomia Magna -- Early Paracelsianism: Petrus Severinus (1542--1602) -- Middle Paracelsianism: Joseph Du Chesne (1544--1604) -- Middle Paracelsianism: Oswald Croll (1563--1609) -- Alchemical Trends in the Early Seventeenth Century -- 2.Van Helmont's Life -- Van Helmont's Childhood and Youth (1579--1608) -- Maturity and Persecution (1609--1636) -- Old Age (1637--1644) -- 3.Van Helmont's Ortus Medicinae and Some of its Problems -- pt. II The Principles of Van Helmont's `Christian Philosophy' -- 4.God -- Apophatic and Cataphatic Theology -- Voluntarist Theology -- God in Nature -- God in Man -- Conclusions: The Innerness of God -- 5.Nature -- Van Helmont's Views of Nature -- Matter -- Spirit -- Conclusions -- 6.Man -- Van Helmont's Views on Human Nature -- Van Helmont's Theory of the Human Soul -- Self-Knowledge and Scientia -- Conclusions -- 7.Applied Philosophy: Alchemy and Medicine -- Christian Charity and Medicine -- Alchemy and Adeptship -- Alchemical Medicine -- Alkahest -- Drif or Lapillus, the Universal Medicine -- The Philosophers' Stone -- The Arbor Vitae and the Alchemical Prolongation of Life -- General Conclusions -- Van Helmont's Universal Vision -- The Influence of Van Helmont's Philosophy: Some Future Directions.
Summary
"History of science credits the Flemish physician, alchemist and philosopher Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) for his contributions to the development of chemistry and medicine. Yet, as this book makes clear, focussing on Van Helmont's impact on modern science does not do justice to the complexity of his thought or to his influence on successive generations of intellectuals like Robert Boyle or Gottfried Leibniz."--
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9781472469168 (hbk.)
147246916X (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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