The Epistemic Revolution 1610-1680
What if the Scientific Revolution was not the birth of modern science, but a shorter and deeper transformation in how
Cosmological Resonances of Bodily Fluids
The article explores the life and works of the Portuguese physician Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro, and especially his 'De meteoris
Roger Bacon on Prolongation of Life
Bacon believed that the key to extending life lay not in the curricula as taught in the medical faculties of
Albert the Great and the Configuration of the Embryo
In the 13th century, ‘embryology’ as a specific branch of biology did not exist, and the study of the configuration
Kenelm Digby’s Chymical Aristotle
I focus here on an English natural philosopher, Kenelm Digby, and his atomic interpretation of Aristotle. My aim is to