The Noblest Complexion: Semimaterialist Tendencies in a Late Medieval Bohemian Reading of John Wyclif
This article examines an uncommon materialist argument preserved in late medieval Prague quodlibets by Matthias of Knín (1409) and Prokop of Kladruby (1417). The argument connects the Galenic claim that the human body has the noblest and best-balanced complexion possible with the Alexandrist claim t...
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Vivarium
Year: 2023, Volume: 61, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 318-359 |
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medieval Prague university
B Prokop of Kladruby B complexion B John Wyclif B Human Soul B Matthias of Knín B Materialism |
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