The Transformation of Natural Philosophy
The Case of Philip Melanchthon
Part of Ideas in Context
- Author: Sachiko Kusukawa, Trinity College, Cambridge
- Date Published: November 2006
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- isbn: 9780521030465
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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.
Read more- A monographic treatment in English of Melanchthon's natural philosophy
- Studies the implication of the Lutheran Reformation on philosophy education in universities
- Considers natural philosophy as neither science nor religion
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'… Kusukawa's book and her analysis of Melanchthon's thought offer a valuable contribution to our understanding of the influence of the Reformation.' British Journal for the History of Science
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521030465
- length: 268 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.411kg
- contains: 12 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on the text
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The way of the schoolmen
2. Law and Gospel: the reforms of Luther and Melanchthon
1. Luther's reform - establishing the message of the Gospel
2. Melanchthon's reform - law and philosophy
3. The soul
4. The Providence of God
5. The construction of orthodoxy
Conclusion: a transformation of natural philosophy
Bibliography
Index.
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