Dusza, monstra i życie na Księżycu. Teoria antropologiczna w barokowej „scientia curiosa” Wojciecha Tylkowskiego
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2013
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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A soul, monsters and life on the Moon. Anthropological theory in Wojciech Tylkowski’s baroque scientia curiosa
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The article deals with the main points of the anthropological theory presented in the work of
a baroque encyclopedist Wojciech Tylkowski which is entitled Uczone rozmowy [Learned Conversations]
(1692). This theory combined the elements of theology, philosophy, science and
common knowledge. It was presented as scientia curiosa, i.e. a convention which was used
during the baroque era to popularize science. The most important aspects of the theory are: the
concept of the human soul, four temperaments, the structure and operation of sense organs, the
reasons for monstrous births, origins and manifestations of insanity, care of a guardian angel for
a man, speculations about the idea of plurality of worlds and the possibility of people living on
the Moon.
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Przestrzenie Teorii, 2013, nr 19, s. 57-75
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978-83-232-2600-0
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1644-6763