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1 online resource (viii, 213 pages). |
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History of science and medicine library ; volume 54
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Medieval and early modern philosophy and science ; volume 26
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History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern philosophy and science ; v. 26.
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 54.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction; Chapter 1 Creation, the Trinity, and Prisca theologia; 1 Introduction; 2 God as Efficient Cause; 3 Creatio ex nihilo; 4 The Trinity; 5 Prisca theologia; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 2 Against the World-Soul; 1 Introduction; 2 God's Triune Power; 3 The Soul and Heat; 4 Form, the Soul, and the Platonic Idea; 5 Platonic Sublunary God and Aristotelian Nature; 6 The Order and Unity of the World; 7 Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Best Possible World; 1 Introduction; 2 The Number of Species; 3 The Possibility of a Better World; 4 Humans in the Hierarchy of Being. |
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5 The Completeness of the World6 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Void and Place; 1 Introduction; 2 Cardano, Averroes, and "Recent Philosophers"; 3 The Double Performance of Form; 4 Place as Void; 5 Against Aristotle and Scotus; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Angels and Intelligences; 1 Introduction; 2 Cardano and the Naturalists; 3 The Nature and Attributes of Intelligences; 4 Celestial Movements and the Imitation of God; 5 Cognition of Intelligences; 6 Angelic Motion, Prime Matter, and the Value of Learning; 7 On Copernicus and Melanchthon; 8 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Generation and Form; 1 Introduction. |
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2 Doctrinal Background3 Criticism of Fernel; 4 Spontaneous Generation; 5 Generation from Seeds; 6 Human Generation; 7 The Formative and Informative Souls; 8 Plastic Power; 9 The Soul as the Divine Fifth Essence; 10 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Mixture; 1 Introduction; 2 Criticism of Avicenna; 3 A New Definition of Mixture; 4 Objections of Basson and Sennert; 5 Form as Mixture; 6 Creation of Mixtures; 7 Scaliger and the Franciscan Tradition; 8 Conclusion; General Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Scaligero, Giulio Cesare, 1484-1558. Exotericae Exercitationes.
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Aristotle -- Influence.
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Aristotle. |
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Philosophy, Renaissance.
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Philosophy, Renaissance. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sakamoto, Kuni. Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance reformer of Aristotelianism. Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004310094 (DLC) 2016009127 |
| ISBN |
9789004310100 (electronic book) |
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900431010X (electronic book) |
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9789004310094 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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