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OverviewParacelsus (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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Weeks , Didier KahnPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 36 Weight: 1.388kg ISBN: 9789004694194ISBN 10: 9004694196 Pages: 748 Publication Date: 05 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAbbreviations 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 1–24 Conclusion of the Second Paras of the Prince Theophrastus Preface to the Third Paras of the great Prince Theophrastus [The Second Book.] Texts 1–23 Conclusion of the Third Paras of Prince Theophrastus. Preface to the Fourth Paras of Prince Theophrastus. [The Third Book.] Texts 1–6 II Philosophia de Generationibus et Fructibus quatuor Elementorum (Philosophy of the Elements) Book One. On the element of air (sections 1–12) 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 CitationsReviewsAuthor InformationDidier Kahn is Senior Researcher at the CNRS (Cellf 16-18, UMR 8599, Sorbonne Université). He has extensively published on alchemy, including Alchimie et paracelsisme en France à la fin de la Renaissance (Droz, 2007) and La Messe alchimique attribuée à Melchior de Sibiu (Classiques Garnier, 2015). Andrew Weeks, Ph.D. (1979), professor emeritus of German literature at Illinois State University, has published monographs on Paracelsus, Valentin Weigel, and Jacob Böhme, and translations of their writings. Most recently, he organized and published the results of a symposium on The Forgotten Reformation (in Daphnis 2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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