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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Donato VerardiPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350357167ISBN 10: 1350357162 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 13 July 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction, Donato Verardi (University of London, UK) 1. Aristotelian Philosophy and Illusionism in Late Mediaeval Europe, Thibaut Rioult (University of Antwerp, Belgium) 2. The Roles of Experimentum and the Vis Imaginativa in Mediaeval and Early Modern Magic, Peter G. Maxwell-Stuart (University of St Andrews, UK) 3. The Image of Aristotle as a Magus, and the Aristotelian Foundation of Magic in Early Modern Italy, Donato Verardi (The Warburg Institute – University of London, UK) 4. Making and Unmaking Marvels in Early Modern Europe, William Eamon (New Mexico State University, USA) 5. Aristotelianism, Chymistry, and Mechanics in Early Seventeenth Century Europe: The Techno-Magical Approach, Arianna Borrelli (RWTH Aachen University and Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) 6. Aristotelianism, Magic, and Experiments in Early Modern English Meteorology, Jennifer Mori (University of Toronto, Canada) 7. Natural Magic, Experimentalism, and Tarantism in a Dutch Aristotelian Professor, Manuel De Carli (University of Tours, France) 8. The Domestication of Spirit Power in a German Handbook on Natural Magic, Michael Pickering (University of Melbourne, Australia) IndexReviewsThis collection of articles presents a new and unexpected perspective on Aristotle. Surely, Aristotle stood for everything that is rational and the opposite of occult? But, as it turns out, both Peripatetic philosophy and a host of pseudo-Aristotles provided the foundation for medieval and early modern magic and experimental science. * Charles Burnett, Professor of the History of Islamic Influences in Europe, Warburg Institute, University of London, UK * This collection of articles presents a new and unexpected perspective on Aristotle. Surely, Aristotle stood for everything that is rational and the opposite of occult? But, as it turns out, both Peripatetic philosophy and a host of pseudo-Aristotles provided the foundation for medieval and early modern magic and experimental science. * Charles Burnett, Professor of the History of Islamic Influences in Europe, University of London, UK * Author InformationDonato Verardi is Fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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