The Well-Tempered Career: Erasmus on the Emotional Health of Scholars: 2018 Erasmus Birthday Lecture
This lecture explores Erasmus’ beliefs about the life of the healthy Christian humanist, from boy student to mature scholar, through the prism of ‘history of emotions’. It appraises Erasmus’ place in the longer history of scholarly hygiene, a tradition of writing about the physical, psychological, a...
| Published in: | Erasmus studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Erasmus studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Marsilio Ficino
B scholarly hygiene B Gerard Nicolaas Heerkens B passions for learning B Malachias Geiger B Robert Burton B Melancholy B Samuel-Auguste Tissot B hypochondria B Erasmus |
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| Summary: | This lecture explores Erasmus’ beliefs about the life of the healthy Christian humanist, from boy student to mature scholar, through the prism of ‘history of emotions’. It appraises Erasmus’ place in the longer history of scholarly hygiene, a tradition of writing about the physical, psychological, and spiritual health of scholars. What for example does Erasmus have to say about those conditions with which early modern intellectuals were so frequently associated, viz. melancholy and ‘hypochondriac’ disease? Does he pathologize particular kinds of intellectual activity, and what preventatives or remedies does he prescribe for the occupational hazards, if not diseases, of learning? Finally, what was Erasmus’ view of the authority of contemporary learned medicine in relation to these matters? |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Erasmus studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18749275-04202001 |