IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 513: Reception and Condemnation of Rules in Medical and Physical Rules
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
Moderator/Chair: | Wendy J. Turner, Department of History, Anthropology & Philosophy, Augusta State University, Georgia |
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Paper 513-a | The Ever-Lasting Rules of Death?: The Reception and Adaptation of the Pseudo-Hyppocratic Capsula Eburnea in German Medical Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Medicine |
Paper 513-b | La condena del sistema físico aristotélico en el Syllabus de 1277 (Language: Español) Index terms: Philosophy, Science, Teaching the Middle Ages |
Paper 513-c | Licit Medicine or Pythagorean Necromancy?: The Legal Context of the 'Sphere of Life and Death' in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Medicine, Science |
Abstract | Paper -a: Paper -b: Paper -c: Divination was condemned in the Middle Ages as it usurped divine providence and the idea of free will, and the use of a Sphere was specifically censured in Gratian's Decretum. But we also know that learned physicians were interested in, and probably used the Sphere. I will demonstrate the reasons for this paradox by providing an overview of canon law on divination, a summary of the unique history of the Sphere, and an examination of the manuscript context of several of these devices. |