Albert the Great (C. 1193-1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo: Virtus Formativa

Cerrito, Amalia

Albert the Great (C. 1193-1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo: Virtus Formativa
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-09-29
  • 售價: $4,780
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,541
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 171
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031240251
  • ISBN-13: 9783031240256

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商品描述

This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great's (c. 1193-1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible for crucial dynamics in the formation of living beings. Crossing the boundaries between theology and philosophy, the notion of virtus formativa, or formative power, was central in explaining genetic inheritance and the configuration of the embryo. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book reconstructs how Albert the Great, motivated by theological open issues, reorganised the natural-philosophical and medical theories on embryonic development, creatively drawing upon Greek, Patristic, and Arabic sources. A valuable contribution to research, this book offers essential insights for those studying the history of embryology, medicine, and science in the medieval and renaissance periods.


商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書首次全面探討阿爾伯特大公（約1193-1280）對於 virtus formativa 的概念，這是一種塑造力量，負責生物體形成過程中的關鍵動態。這一概念跨越了神學與哲學的界限，對於解釋遺傳繼承和胚胎的構成至關重要。透過跨學科的方法，本書重建了阿爾伯特大公如何在神學未解問題的驅動下，重新組織有關胚胎發展的自然哲學和醫學理論，並創造性地借鑒了希臘、教父及阿拉伯的資料。作為對研究的寶貴貢獻，本書為研究中世紀和文藝復興時期胚胎學、醫學及科學歷史的人士提供了重要的見解。

作者簡介

Amalia Cerrito is an Associate Member of the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR) of Pisa, Italy. Having studied the history of medieval philosophy at the Universities of Pisa and Florence, she has published journal articles on the interaction between natural philosophy and the biblical exegesis of Albert the Great. Amalia's recent publications are devoted to the theoretical background of Albert the Great's natural philosophy and Neoplatonism's influence on his theories of zoology, botany, and embryology.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Amalia Cerrito 是義大利比薩文藝復興醫學與身體研究中心 (CSMBR) 的副會員。她在比薩大學和佛羅倫斯大學研究中世紀哲學的歷史，並發表了有關自然哲學與阿爾伯特大帝的聖經詮釋之間互動的期刊文章。Amalia 最近的出版物專注於阿爾伯特大帝自然哲學的理論背景以及新柏拉圖主義對他在動物學、植物學和胚胎學理論的影響。

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