Book contents
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Mortal Soul
- Chapter 2 Nature and Idolatry
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Temperaments, Medicine, and the Problem of Atheism
- Chapter 4 Natural Law, Religion, and Moral Skepticism
- Chapter 5 From Becmann to Stosch
- Chapter 6 The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - The Mortal Soul
Biblicism, Materialism, and the New Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2023
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Mortal Soul
- Chapter 2 Nature and Idolatry
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Temperaments, Medicine, and the Problem of Atheism
- Chapter 4 Natural Law, Religion, and Moral Skepticism
- Chapter 5 From Becmann to Stosch
- Chapter 6 The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
When the Italian Aristotelian Cesare Cremonini died in 1631, he had these words engraved on his tombstone: Totus Cremonius hic iacet (“Here lies all of Cremonini”). At least that is what was reported by libertine traditions, which had a penchant for inventing epitaphs.1 The claim that “all of Cremonini” was lying in his grave – that is, that not only his body but also his soul – might well have been a consequence of his Aristotelianism, which sometimes argued that Alexander of Aphrodisias was right in considering the soul to be mortal.
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- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment , pp. 19 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023