Article ID: CBB690249869

A Hot Mess: Girolamo Cardano, the Inquisition, and the Soul (2021)

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Girolamo Cardano makes a number of surprising, even shocking claims about the soul in his De subtilitate, one of the most widely read works of natural philosophy in the sixteenth century. When he was finally investigated by the Roman Inquisition and the Index, these claims did not go unnoticed. This study will narrow in on three passages marked as heretical by the first Holy Office censor of De subtilitate. It will consider the Inquisition’s priorities and ask about materialism, determinism, and conceptual inconsistency in Cardano’s views on the soul. The study will give special attention to the claim made by Cardano that souls can be reduced to celestial heat. In addition to De subtilitate, several of Cardano’s other works will be considered for added perspective, especially Contradicentium medicorum libri duodecim.

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Authors & Contributors
Carella, Candida
Tarrant, Neil
Bulkeley, Kelly
Ribeiro, Luís Campos
Andersen, Peter
Celati, Alessandra
Concepts
Science and religion
Inquisitions
Censorship
Natural philosophy
Roman Catholic Church
Astrology
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Renaissance
18th century
Early modern
Republic of Venice (697–1797)
Places
Italy
Europe
Spain
Rome (Italy)
Portugal
Padua (Italy)
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