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Paracelsus (1493-1541) stands at a crossroads associated with the Renaissance and Reformation. His cosmological-meteorological writings exemplify the turning point that concluded the older worldview and opened fresh avenues. His nature philosophy is inseparable from his medicine. This volume encompasses Paracelsus's writings on cosmology and meteorology in the German original with facing-page translations. The reliable source texts have been treated with methods of critical edition. The source text and translation are accompanied by commentary elucidating their obscurity through the context of his full corpus while placing them in the context of the best secondary literature from his time to the present.
Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction to the Paracelsian Cosmological Writings
1 Pre-modern Cosmology
2 Paracelsian Cosmology and Meteorology
3 Meteorology in the Time of Paracelsus
4 The Problems of Authenticity
5 Methodology
6 Summaries of the Writings in This Volume
7 Questions posed by the authentic writings
Texts and Translations
I Philosophia ad Athenienses (Philosophy for the Athenians)
Preface to the Second Paras of Prince Theophrastus
[The First Book.] Texts 1-24
Conclusion of the Second Paras of the Prince Theophrastus
Preface to the Third Paras of the great Prince Theophrastus
[The Second Book.] Texts 1-23
Conclusion of the Third Paras of Prince Theophrastus.
Preface to the Fourth Paras of Prince Theophrastus.
[The Third Book.] Texts 1-6
II Philosophia de Generationibus et Fructibus quatuor Elementorum (Philosophy of the Elements)
Book One. On the element of air (sections 1-12)
Book Two. On the element of fire
Book Three. On the Element of Earth
Book Four. On the element of water together with its fruits
III Liber Meteororum (De Meteoris: The Book of the Meteors)
[Preface]
1 On the elementated father and mother
2 On the prime matter of the heavens and the stars
3 On the prime matter of the stars and on their essences
4 About the living species in the stars
5 On the generation of winds
6 On the generation of rains
7 On congelation
8 On the lightning bolt
9 On extraneous things
10 On exhalations
IV [Another Account of the Meteora]
Book One
Book Two. Concerning coagulated impressions
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
V [Another Book on Meteors]
Prologue to the Books of Meteors
Second Prologue
The First Book of Meteors. The First Volume: On the Element of Air
The Third Book of Meteors: On the Meteoric Phenomena Stemming from the Element of Fire, and their Impressions
VI Other Meteorological Fragments
Concerning hoarfrost
Chapter concerning dew
Concerning winds
Chapter concerning lightning and thunder
A Fragment from another Book of Meteors, concerning the rainbow
Alternate concerning the rainbow
Concerning comets
Concerning rain
[A Table of Celestial Impressions]
VII The Fifth Book of the Natural Waters: Concerning Falling Waters
The First Treatise
The Third Treatise
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Proper Names
Index of Scriptural Citations
