Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541) : essential theoretical writings / edited and translated with a commentary and introduction by Andrew Weeks.

By:

Paracelsus, 1493-1541

Contributor(s):

Weeks, Andrew, 1947-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, German Original language: German Series: Aries book series ; v. 5.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 975 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047423416
9047423410
1281926612
9781281926616
9786611926618
6611926615

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections. English & German. 2008

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541).DDC classification:

610 22

LOC classification:

BF1598.P2 A257 2008eb

NLM classification:

WZ 290
2008 K-444

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Contents:

Introduction:; I. Paragranum: German/ English; II. Opus Paramirum: German/ English; III. On the Origin and Cause of Diseases of Both Kinds (De Morborum Utriusque Professionis Origine et Causa. Liber Tertius Paramiri): German/English; IV. On the Matrix (Paramiri Liber Quartus de Matrice): German / English; V. On the Invisible Diseases (De Causis Morborum Invisibilum): German / English; General Index; Index of Names; Index of Paracelsus' Life and Work; Index of Citations from the Bible.

Summary: The daunting writings of Paracelsus-the second largest 16th-century body of writings in German after Luther's-contributed to medicine, natural science, alchemy, philosophy, theology, and esoteric tradition. This volume provides a critical edition of essential writings from the authoritative 1589 Huser Paracelsus alongside new English translations and commentary on the sources and context of the full corpus. The Essential Theoretical Writings incorporate topics ranging from metaphyics, cosmology, faith, religious conflict, magic, gender, and education, to the processes of nature, disease and me.

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The daunting writings of Paracelsus-the second largest 16th-century body of writings in German after Luther's-contributed to medicine, natural science, alchemy, philosophy, theology, and esoteric tradition. This volume provides a critical edition of essential writings from the authoritative 1589 Huser Paracelsus alongside new English translations and commentary on the sources and context of the full corpus. The Essential Theoretical Writings incorporate topics ranging from metaphyics, cosmology, faith, religious conflict, magic, gender, and education, to the processes of nature, disease and me.

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