Aristotle’s Theory of Knowledge and Hellenistic Epistemologies
In this lecture, Prof. Harari explains why the account of the principles of demonstration found in the Greek commentary tradition
In this lecture, Prof. Harari explains why the account of the principles of demonstration found in the Greek commentary tradition
This talk examines Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in
This lecture focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean.
This Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas addresses a broad spectrum of issues to do with fertility (and infertility),
In this talk, Nuno Castel-Branco focuses on Nicolaus Steno's geological studies and shows how the interest in fossils can be
Drawing upon several chapters of the book: "On the Edge of Eternity. The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and
In this lecture, the art historian Joana Balsa de Pinho sheds light on the institutional transformations that led to changes
Galen is one of the best sources on ancient nutrition and diet: he has little interest in luxury fashions, he
This summer school will explore how heat, colour, and sound have been used, conceptualised and graded in the pre-modern cosmos
The conference will focus on the early modern reception of Galenic pharmacology up to the late seventeenth century.