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Genealogy of Knowledge and Delegitimization of Universities: The Pseudo-Paracelsian Aurora Philosophorum (2020)

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This article introduces the pseudo-Paracelsian treatise Aurora Philosophorum (last third of the sixteenth century) and focusses on the contexts of a specific genealogy of knowledge presented in this text. It reaches from a divine origin of human knowledge to the universities of the author’s times. Here, the transfer of science throughout history is described as a process of continuous decline. The concept of knowledge negotiated by this text is conceptualized not as theory alone: knowledge has a genuine in­strumental and practical aspect. The article also presents the principles of the forthcoming edition and commentary of the handwritten and printed copies of the Aurora Philosophorum.

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Article Didier Kahn; Hiro Hirai (2020) Introduction Pseudo-Paracelsus: Forgery and Early Modern Alchemy, Medicine and Natural Philosophy. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (pp. 415-418). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hirai, Hiro
Kahn, Didier
Telle, Joachim
Kühlmann, Wilhelm
Žemla, Martin
Mann, Jenny C.
Concepts
Philosophy
Medicine
Alchemy
Chemistry
Theories of knowledge
Iatrophysical school
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Renaissance
Early modern
15th century
18th century
Places
Europe
Italy
Institutions
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Université de Paris
Università di Bologna
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