Article ID: CBB000034771

Myth, allegory, and scientific truth: An alchemical tradition in the period of the Scientific Revolution (1987)

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Description On the importance of myth and allegory in 16th- and 17th-century texts, specifically in the writings of the alchemists and chemical philosophers.


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Authors & Contributors
Balzer, W.
Wood, Neal
Camer, Daniel
Martinengo, Alessandro
Drake, Stillman
McGuire, James E.
Journals
Philosophia Naturalis
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Dissertation Abstracts International. A
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Publishers
University of California Press
Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks
Alhambra
Dawson
Vrin
Locust Hill Press
Concepts
Mechanics
Science
Psychology
Sociology of knowledge
Gravitation
Matter theory
People
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Newton, Isaac
Descartes, René
Locke, John
Cramer, Daniel
Quevedo, Francisco
Time Periods
17th century
20th century
18th century
19th century
Places
France
The Netherlands: Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg
Institutions
Ingénieurs d'Agronomie Coloniale
École Nationale Supérieure d'Agriculture Coloniale
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