The transformation of natural philosophy: the case of Philip Melanchthon
This book proposes that Philip Melanchthon was responsible for transforming traditional university natural philosophy into a specifically Lutheran one. Motivated by desire to check civil disobedience and promote a Lutheran orthodoxy, he created a natural philosophy based on Aristotle, Galen and Plat...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1995.
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| In: | Year: 1995 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kusukawa, Sachiko, The Transformation of Natural Philosophy: The Case of Philip Melanchthon] (1996) (Freedman, Joseph S.)
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| Series/Journal: | Ideas in context
34 |
| Further subjects: | B
Education, Higher
Europe
History, 16th century
B Religion and science History 16th century B Religion and science ; History ; 16th century B Religion and science History, 16th century B Education, Higher ; Europe ; History ; 16th century B Reformation B Melanchthon, Philipp ; 1497-1560 B Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560) B Education, Higher (Europe) History 16th century B Melanchthon, Philipp |
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| Summary: | This book proposes that Philip Melanchthon was responsible for transforming traditional university natural philosophy into a specifically Lutheran one. Motivated by desire to check civil disobedience and promote a Lutheran orthodoxy, he created a natural philosophy based on Aristotle, Galen and Plato, incorporating contemporary findings of Copernicus and Vesalius. The fields of astrology, anatomy, botany and mathematics all constituted a natural philosophy in which Melanchthon wished to demonstrate God's Providential design in the physical world. Rather than dichotomizing or synthesizing the two distinct areas of 'science' and 'religion', Kusukawa advocates the need to look at 'Natural philosophy' as a discipline quite different from either 'modern science' or 'religion': a contextual assessment of the implication of the Lutheran Reformation on university education, particularly on natural philosophy. 1. The way of the Schoolmen -- 2. Law and Gospel: the reforms of Luther and Melanchthon -- 3. The soul -- 4. The Providence of God -- 5. The construction of orthodoxy -- Conclusion: a transformation of natural philosophy |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511598521 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511598524 |