Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (Author)
Giordano Ghirelli (Editor)
Inschibboleth Edizioni
Physical Details: 123 pp.
Language: Italian
Samuel Taylor Coleridge fu non solo un grande poeta, ma anche una delle voci più autorevoli su molte questioni riguardanti la filosofia e la scienza del suo tempo. La Teoria della vita costituisce la sua meditazione più estesa e argomentata sull’essenza della vita biologica. In questo breve scritto, Coleridge elabora una concezione qualitativa e organica della natura che combina le più recenti acquisizioni della fisiologia e della chimica con le suggestioni provenienti dalla filosofia romantica tedesca, e arriva a sostenere, contro Cartesio e Newton, che l’intera natura pulsa di una vita onnipresente. La Teoria della vita è un documento importantissimo del modo in cui la filosofia della natura del XIX secolo tentò di superare la visione meccanicistica del mondo, ma anche del complesso connubio tra la letteratura romantica e la ricerca scientifica. [Abstract translated by Google Translate: This is the abstract in English… Samuel Taylor Coleridge was not only a great poet, but also one of the most authoritative voices on many issues concerning the philosophy and science of his time. The Theory of Life constitutes his most extensive and well-argued meditation on the essence of biological life. In this short writing, Coleridge elaborates a qualitative and organic conception of nature that combines the most recent acquisitions of physiology and chemistry with the suggestions coming from German romantic philosophy, and goes so far as to argue, against Descartes and Newton, that the whole of nature pulsates of an omnipresent life. The Theory of Life is a very important document of the way in which 19th century natural philosophy attempted to overcome the mechanistic vision of the world, but also of the complex union between romantic literature and scientific research.]
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