Spirits of Life and Perception : Albert the Great's Early and Mature Psychophysiology in Light of His Arabic Sources /

Spirits of Life and Perception : Albert the Great's Early and Mature Psychophysiology in Light of His Arabic Sources /

Does a plant shrink at night and swell in the day, like an animal breathing in and out? For a long time, the Galenic concept of spiritus provided a causal explanation for human and animal life and perception. Albert the Great (1200-1280), whose honorific acknowledges among other things his pioneerin...

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Main Author: Meroni, Michele (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; 136.

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Medicine, Medieval > Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Psychophysiology > Philosophy.

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