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  • Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, 1493–1541), Cosmological and Meteorological Writings

    Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, 1493–1541), Cosmological and Meteorological Writings by Weeks, Andrew; Kahn, Didier;

    Series: Aries Book Series; 36;

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    • Publisher BRILL
    • Date of Publication 5 September 2024

    • ISBN 9789004694194
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages748 pages
    • Size 235x155 mm
    • Weight 1388 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    The cosmological-meteorological writings of Paracelsus (1493-1541), presented here for the first time in the most reliable German versions with facing-page translations and thorough text-based and historical commentary, are essential documents of the transition from the medieval to the modern era.

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    Paracelsus (1493-1541) stands at a crossroads associated with the Renaissance and Reformation. His cosmological-meteorological writings exemplify the turning point that concluded the older worldview and opened fresh avenues. His nature philosophy is inseparable from his medicine. This volume encompasses Paracelsus’s writings on cosmology and meteorology in the German original with facing-page translations. The reliable source texts have been treated with methods of critical edition. The source text and translation are accompanied by commentary elucidating their obscurity through the context of his full corpus while placing them in the context of the best secondary literature from his time to the present.

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    Table of Contents:

    Abbreviations



    Introduction to the Paracelsian Cosmological Writings

     1 Pre-modern Cosmology

     2 Paracelsian Cosmology and Meteorology

     3 Meteorology in the Time of Paracelsus

     4 The Problems of Authenticity

     5 Methodology

     6 Summaries of the Writings in This Volume

     7 Questions posed by the authentic writings



    Texts and Translations





    I Philosophia ad Athenienses (Philosophy for the Athenians)

     Preface to the Second Paras of Prince Theophrastus

     [The First Book.] Texts 1&&&x2013;24

     Conclusion of the Second Paras of the Prince Theophrastus

     Preface to the Third Paras of the great Prince Theophrastus

     [The Second Book.] Texts 1&&&x2013;23

     Conclusion of the Third Paras of Prince Theophrastus.

     Preface to the Fourth Paras of Prince Theophrastus.

     [The Third Book.] Texts 1&&&x2013;6



    II Philosophia de Generationibus et Fructibus quatuor Elementorum (Philosophy of the Elements)

     Book One. On the element of air (sections 1&&&x2013;12)

     Book Two. On the element of fire

     Book Three. On the Element of Earth

     Book Four. On the element of water together with its fruits



    III Liber Meteororum (De Meteoris: The Book of the Meteors)

     [Preface]

     1 On the elementated father and mother

     2 On the prime matter of the heavens and the stars

     3 On the prime matter of the stars and on their essences

     4 About the living species in the stars

     5 On the generation of winds

     6 On the generation of rains

     7 On congelation

     8 On the lightning bolt

     9 On extraneous things

     10 On exhalations



    IV [Another Account of the Meteora]

     Book One

     Book Two. Concerning coagulated impressions

     Book Three

     Book Four

     Book Five



    V [Another Book on Meteors]

     Prologue to the Books of Meteors

     Second Prologue

     The First Book of Meteors. The First Volume: On the Element of Air

     The Third Book of Meteors: On the Meteoric Phenomena Stemming from the Element of Fire, and their Impressions



    VI Other Meteorological Fragments

     Concerning hoarfrost

     Chapter concerning dew

     Concerning winds

     Chapter concerning lightning and thunder

     A Fragment from another Book of Meteors, concerning the rainbow

     Alternate concerning the rainbow

     Concerning comets

     Concerning rain

     [A Table of Celestial Impressions]



    VII The Fifth Book of the Natural Waters: Concerning Falling Waters

     The First Treatise

     The Third Treatise



    Bibliography

    General Index

    Index of Proper Names

    Index of Scriptural Citations

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