Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters and Wonderworkers

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Donato Verardi

Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe

Philosophers, Experimenters and Wonderworkers

Donato Verardi

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Bloomsbury Academic
13 July 2023

European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Philosophy of science

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition

Reframing Aristotle’s natural philosophy, this wide-ranging collection of essays reveals the centrality of magic to his thinking. From late medieval and Renaissance discussions on the attribution of magical works to Aristotle to the philosophical and social justifications of magic, international contributors chart magic as the mother science of natural philosophy.

Tracing the nascent presence of Aristotelianism in early modern Europe, this volume shows the adaptability and openness of Aristotelianism to magic. Weaving the paranormal and the scientific together, it pairs

the supposed superstition of the pre-modern era with modern scientific sensibilities. Essays focus on the work of early modern scholars and magicians such as Giambattista Della Porta, Wolferd Senguerd, and Johann Nikolaus Martius. The attribution of the Secretum secretorum to Aristotle, the role of illusionism, and the relationship between the technical and magical all provide further insight into the complex picture of magic, Aristotle and early modern Europe.

Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe proposes an innovative way of approaching the development of pre-modern science whilst also acknowledging the crucial role that concepts like magic and illusion played in Aristotle’s time.

Edited by: Donato Verardi
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350357167
ISBN 10: 1350357162
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Donato Verardi is Fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London, UK.

Reviews for Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters and Wonderworkers

This collection of articles presents a new and unexpected perspective on Aristotle. Surely, Aristotle stood for everything that is rational and the opposite of occult? But, as it turns out, both Peripatetic philosophy and a host of pseudo-Aristotles provided the foundation for medieval and early modern magic and experimental science. * Charles Burnett, Professor of the History of Islamic Influences in Europe, Warburg Institute, University of London, UK *