Book ID: CBB001552521

The Examination of Men's Wits (2014)

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Carew, Richard (Author)
Sumillera, Rocío G. (Author)


Modern Humanities Research Association


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: ix + 375 pp.
Language: English

uan Huarte de San Juan (1529-1588) was a Spanish physician and natural philosopher who strove to answer why men possess specific natural abilities that prepare them to excel only in particular fields of knowledge. With his treatise Examen de ingenios para las ciencias (Baeza, 1575), dedicated to King Philip II, Huarte hoped to form a body of naturally accomplished professionals by providing readers with clues to identify their leading wit and the career path associated with it. The book experienced such overwhelming success in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-it underwent fifty-five editions in six different languages-that it is now considered one of the most influential Spanish scientific books of the early modern period. The present edition modernizes the text of Richard Carew's The Examination of Men's Wits (London, 1594), the first rendering into English of Huarte's work-via a previous Italian translation. In addition, the Introduction contextualizes both the Spanish and the English texts and their authors, discusses the censorship imposed by the Inquisition, the (often deliberate) textual divergences of the English translation, the multiple translations and editions the book underwent in early modern Europe, and its domestic and European reception, with a focus on the English scientific, educational and literary arenas. William Camden, John Marston, Ben Jonson and Sir Francis Bacon are some of the household names acquainted with Huarte's theories, thanks to Richard Carew's widely read English version.

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Review Tricia M. Ross (2016) Review of "The Examination of Men's Wits". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (pp. 588-589). unapi

Review Peset, José Luis (2015) Review of "The Examination of Men's Wits". Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam (pp. 223-228). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rodríguez López, Roberto
Crippen, Matthew
Giglioni, Guido
Yurdin, Joel Solomon
Toccafondi, Fiorenza
Thijssen, Johannes M. M. H.
Concepts
Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Individuality
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Science and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Renaissance
16th century
17th century
Places
United States
Spain
Russia
Portugal
Greece
Institutions
Würzburg. Universität
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