Plastic Forces and Medieval Theories of Generation
This lecture explores the role attributed by Albert the Great to the "virtus formativa", a plastic force that in medieval
Sickness and Healing in Byzantium
This lecture provides an overview of the medical practices offered to the citizens of Byzantium, the role of hospitals and
The Golden Wine or the Fifth Essence
This talk focuses on Rupescissa's medical alchemy and, more generally, on the development of medical alchemy in the Occitan-Catalan area.
Delaying Death
This talk examines Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in
The System of Lazzaretti Reconsidered
This lecture focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean.
From Dangerous Drug to Miraculous Medicine
In the early modern period, the consideration opium underwent a theoretical change that made it more easily usable in everyday
Education, Pre-Eugenics, and the Brain in Huarte’s “Examen De Ingenios”
How did Galenism influence education, politics, and professional selection up to the late 17th century? A relevant and clear-cut source
Miraculous Healings
In this talk, Marco Papasidero focuses specifically on the thaumaturgical remedies used by devotees to cure their illnesses with the
At The Roots of 17th-Century Geology
In this talk, Nuno Castel-Branco focuses on Nicolaus Steno's geological studies and shows how the interest in fossils can be
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