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The Transformation of Natural Phil - Couverture souple

Kusukawa

 
9780521030465: The Transformation of Natural Phil
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521030463 ISBN 13 : 9780521030465
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book proposes that Philip Melanchthon was responsible for transforming traditional university natural philosophy into a specifically Lutheran one. Motivated by desire to check civil disobedience and promote a Lutheran orthodoxy, he created a natural philosophy based on Aristotle, Galen and Plato, incorporating contemporary findings of Copernicus and Vesalius. The fields of astrology, anatomy, botany and mathematics all constituted a natural philosophy in which Melanchthon wished to demonstrate God's Providential design in the physical world. Rather than dichotomizing or synthesizing the two distinct areas of 'science' and 'religion', Kusukawa advocates the need to look at 'Natural philosophy' as a discipline quite different from either 'modern science' or 'religion': a contextual assessment of the implication of the Lutheran Reformation on university education, particularly on natural philosophy.

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Revue de presse

'... Kusukawa's book and her analysis of Melanchthon's thought offer a valuable contribution to our understanding of the influence of the Reformation.' British Journal for the History of Science

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521030463
ISBN 13 
9780521030465
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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