Article ID: CBB937658561

Magic, Science and Morality in Renaissance Humanist Medicine and Psychiatry (2018)

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This work focuses on the Neoplatonist and magical-hermetic influences on the non-linear and complex pathway which led scientific psychiatry’s philosophy and practice towards their mature developments, throughout an excursus from Cardano and Fracastoro, passing by the breaking point represented by Paracelsus, to Van Helmont, Weyer and Vives. The emphasis is on the fruitful and not-contradictory link between magical and empirical world’s vision and the beginning of some innovative good practices, during the Renaissance era, for a modern and ethical conception of Psychiatry. That’s why, we will see how Renaissance scientific development, often inspired by Neoplatonist and hermetic philosophy, has allowed the development of a modern conception of the mental patients’ conditions and of the special care, both pharmacological and moral, that they need.

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Authors & Contributors
Lotti, Francesca
Zini, Marco
Akopyan, Ovanes
Casini, Paolo
Arfé, Pasquale
Giusy Cardellicchio
Concepts
Natural magic
Hermeticism
Alchemy
Neoplatonism
Medicine
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
Renaissance
16th century
17th century
Early modern
Medieval
18th century
Places
Europe
Italy
England
France
Belgium
Venice (Italy)
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