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The Invisible Hand of God in Seeds: Jacob Schegk's Theory of Plastic Faculty (2007)

Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Volume: 12
Pages: 377--404

Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Part of special section: “Medieval and Early Modern Medicine, Alchemy and Magic (Part II)”
Language: English

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Medicine Embryology Soul (philosophy) 16th century Galen Schegk, Jacob

In his embryological treatise De plastica seminis facultate (Strasburg, 1580), Jacob Schegk (1511-1587), professor of philosophy and medicine at the University of Tübingen, developed, through a unique interpretation of the Aristotelian embryology, a theory of the "plastic faculty" (facultas plastica), whose origin lay in the Galenic idea of the formative power. The present study analyses the precise nature of Schegk's theory, by setting it in its historical and intellectual context. It will also discuss the hitherto unappreciated Neoplatonic dimension of Schegk's notion of the soul's vehicle.

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Description On the Aristotelian embryological theory of Schegk (University of Tübingen professor of philosophy) that is found in his 1580 book.

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Article Kusukawa, Sachiko (2007) Introductory Note. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period. unapi

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