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Maria Emanuela Scribano : Natura umana e società competitiva. Studio su Mandeville, 1980
No full textMinerbi Belgrado Anna. Maria Emanuela Scribano : Natura umana e società competitiva. Studio su Mandeville, 1980. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°16, 1984. D'Alembert. p. 478
Introduction: Philosophical and Medical Galenisms
No full textThe persistence of remnants of Galenism in spite of the gradual obsolescence of its overall theoretical framework is currently a lively topic in the history of medicine. Galen’s influence, however, was not limited to the medical field. So far, most studies on Galen’s early modern legacy have mainly focused on the specifically medical side of post-medieval and Renaissance Galenism. However, this privileged focus on sixteenth-century medicine may easily result in overlooking the long-term effect of Galen’s rediscovery as well as the specifically philosophical import of early modern Galenism. Even after becoming largely obsolete as a scientific and medical system, Galenism was still able to inspire philosophical debates and inform philosophical theories. Moreover, far from surviving as a single and unequivocally identifiable school of thought, post-Renaissance Galenism spread its influence across different or even competing schools like mechanism and vitalism. The present collection of studies aims to explore the interactions between medical and philosophical Galenisms that took place from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century
Emanuela Scribano, Macchine con la mente. Fisiologia e metafisica tra Cartesio e Spinoza, Roma, Carocci, 2015,
No full textPer la sua straordinaria densità filosofica,
il nuovo libro di Emanuela Scribano,
Macchine con la mente. Fisiologia
e metafisica tra Cartesio e Spinoza, si
configura come un corso intero di storia
della filosofia moderna
Emanuela Scribano, Angeli et beati. Modelli di conoscenza da Tommaso à Spinoza, Rome, Laterza, 2006, 298p.
No full textEmanuela Scribano, Angeli et beati. Modelli di conoscenza da Tommaso à Spinoza, Rome, Laterza, 2006, 298p.C’est en puisant dans les ressources de la pensée médiévale que la philosophie moderne a élaboré ses propres théories de la connaissance, à la fois inédites et empruntées. La connaissance des anges et celle des bienheureux constituent deux modèles qui ont présidé au destin de la philosophie au XVIIe siècle. Le choix de l’un ou de l’autre de ces modèles, le choix de l’un contre l’autre, engage le fait de déterminer dans quelle mesure un esprit fini doit participer au divin pour accéder à la vérité, notamment à la connaissance vraie de l’infini. Ni ange ni bienheureux, à quelle connaissance l’homme aura-t-il accès? Dans cet ouvrage, Emanuela Scribano interroge la philosophie moderne à partir de choix fondamentaux qui délimitent le lieu propre du savoir humain
Galenic Causation in the Theoretical and Practical Medicine of Giambattista Da Monte
No full textGiambattista Da Monte methodically discussed the causes of disease according to Galenic definitions and applied these causes in his diagnosis and treatment of patients, devising a seemingly original interpretation of the categories of procatarctic, proegoumenic or antecedent, and containing causes. While discussions of these causal categories are found in medieval medical works, during the first half the sixteenth century, medical theorists reappraised them. Niccolò Leoniceno, for example, questioned whether Galen in fact endorsed containing causes as an explanatory category. Da Monte, however, reaffirmed its importance in etiology while mapping out its relation to antecedent causes. His interest in these causes extended beyond theoretical consideration. He outlined, in his commentary on Avicenna’s Canon, how therapy should address each of the causes in an orderly fashion. Moreover, these theoretical considerations on causes are reflected in the collections of his consilia, case studies that detail his attempts to heal patients. In these case studies, Da Monte made efforts to identify various kinds of causes in order to find cures, revealing a robust understanding of disease and the limited role of humoral theory in both his etiology and his medical practice
Galen as a Source for Natural Theology in Early Modern British Philosophy
No full textGalen continued to hold his philosophical reputation in British culture long after his medical science had retreated into the background. This essay reconstructs his presence in British natural theology in the 17th and 18th centuries. Galen’s most authoritative text, De usu partium, was widely quoted by early modern authors for its systematic teleological treatment of the structure of the human body in opposition to atomistic and mechanistic theories. The two main concepts drawn from this work were the divine artificer of natural order and the immanence of intelligence in natural processes. They were adapted to Christian theology and used in a variety of ways by many authors, including Thomas Browne, Kenelm Digby, Walter Charleton, John Wilkins, Edward Stillingfleet, Henry More, Ralph Cudworth, Joseph Glanville, John Ray, Robert Boyle, William Derham, David Hume, and William Paley. This apologetic exploitation of Galen’s finalism was not the only aspect of his reception. Another image of Galen was portrayed by some of the aforementioned authors: that of a physician-philosopher who ran the risk of becoming an atheist because of his naturalistic attitude. My reconstruction shows how the various interpretations of Galen’s ideas and texts contributed to the discussions about natural order, and its supposedly divine origin, which characterised early modern British philosophy
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