Genealogy of knowledge and delegitimization of universities: the pseudo-Paracelsian Aurora philosophorum
Abstract This article introduces the pseudo-Paracelsian treatise Aurora Philosophorum (last third of the sixteenth century) and focusses on the contexts of a specific genealogy of knowledge presented in this text. It reaches from a divine origin of human knowledge to the universities of the author’s...
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| Format: | Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Pseudo-paracelsus
Year: 2022, Pages: 61-72 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004503380_005 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004503380_005 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://brill.com/display/book/9789004503380/BP000011.xml 
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| Author Notes: | Tobias Bulang |
| Summary: | Abstract This article introduces the pseudo-Paracelsian treatise Aurora Philosophorum (last third of the sixteenth century) and focusses on the contexts of a specific genealogy of knowledge presented in this text. It reaches from a divine origin of human knowledge to the universities of the author’s times. Here, the transfer of science throughout history is described as a process of continuous decline. The concept of knowledge negotiated by this text is conceptualized not as theory alone: knowledge has a genuine instrumental and practical aspect. The article also presents the principles of the forthcoming edition and commentary of the handwritten and printed copies of the Aurora Philosophorum. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 03.01.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9789004503380 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004503380_005 |