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Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, 1493â1541), Cosmological and Meteorological Writings
Series: - Aries Book Series, Volume: 36
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 Paracelsusâs 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.
Didier Kahn is Senior Researcher at the CNRS (Cellf 16-18, UMR 8599, Sorbonne Université). He has extensively published on alchemy, including Alchimie et paracelsisme en France à la fin de la Renaissance (Droz, 2007) and La Messe alchimique attribuée à Melchior de Sibiu (Classiques Garnier, 2015).
Andrew Weeks, Ph.D. (1979), professor emeritus of German literature at Illinois State University, has published monographs on Paracelsus, Valentin Weigel, and Jacob Böhme, and translations of their writings. Most recently, he organized and published the results of a symposium on The Forgotten Reformation (in Daphnis 2020).
Andrew Weeks, Ph.D. (1979), professor emeritus of German literature at Illinois State University, has published monographs on Paracelsus, Valentin Weigel, and Jacob Böhme, and translations of their writings. Most recently, he organized and published the results of a symposium on The Forgotten Reformation (in Daphnis 2020).
Abbreviations
Introduction to the Paracelsian Cosmological Writings
â1âPre-modern Cosmology
â2âParacelsian Cosmology and Meteorology
â3âMeteorology in the Time of Paracelsus
â4âThe Problems of Authenticity
â5âMethodology
â6âSummaries of the Writings in This Volume
â7âQuestions posed by the authentic writings
I Philosophia ad Athenienses (Philosophy for the Athenians)
âPreface to the Second Paras of Prince Theophrastus
â[The First Book.] Texts 1â24
âConclusion of the Second Paras of the Prince Theophrastus
âPreface to the Third Paras of the great Prince Theophrastus
â[The Second Book.] Texts 1â23
âConclusion of the Third Paras of Prince Theophrastus.
âPreface to the Fourth Paras of Prince Theophrastus.
â[The Third Book.] Texts 1â6
II Philosophia de Generationibus et Fructibus quatuor Elementorum (Philosophy of the Elements)
âBook One. On the element of air (sections 1â12)
âBook Two. On the element of fire
âBook Three. On the Element of Earth
âBook Four. On the element of water together with its fruits
III Liber Meteororum (De Meteoris: The Book of the Meteors)
â[Preface]
â1âOn the elementated father and mother
â2âOn the prime matter of the heavens and the stars
â3âOn the prime matter of the stars and on their essences
â4âAbout the living species in the stars
â5âOn the generation of winds
â6âOn the generation of rains
â7âOn congelation
â8âOn the lightning bolt
â9âOn extraneous things
â10âOn exhalations
IV [Another Account of the Meteora]
âBook One
âBook Two. Concerning coagulated impressions
âBook Three
âBook Four
âBook Five
V [Another Book on Meteors]
âPrologue to the Books of Meteors
âSecond Prologue
âThe First Book of Meteors. The First Volume: On the Element of Air
âThe Third Book of Meteors: On the Meteoric Phenomena Stemming from the Element of Fire, and their Impressions
VI Other Meteorological Fragments
âConcerning hoarfrost
âChapter concerning dew
âConcerning winds
âChapter concerning lightning and thunder
âA Fragment from another Book of Meteors, concerning the rainbow
âAlternate concerning the rainbow
âConcerning comets
âConcerning rain
â[A Table of Celestial Impressions]
VII The Fifth Book of the Natural Waters: Concerning Falling Waters
âThe First Treatise
âThe Third Treatise
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Proper Names
Index of Scriptural Citations
Introduction to the Paracelsian Cosmological Writings
â1âPre-modern Cosmology
â2âParacelsian Cosmology and Meteorology
â3âMeteorology in the Time of Paracelsus
â4âThe Problems of Authenticity
â5âMethodology
â6âSummaries of the Writings in This Volume
â7âQuestions posed by the authentic writings
Texts and Translations
I Philosophia ad Athenienses (Philosophy for the Athenians)
âPreface to the Second Paras of Prince Theophrastus
â[The First Book.] Texts 1â24
âConclusion of the Second Paras of the Prince Theophrastus
âPreface to the Third Paras of the great Prince Theophrastus
â[The Second Book.] Texts 1â23
âConclusion of the Third Paras of Prince Theophrastus.
âPreface to the Fourth Paras of Prince Theophrastus.
â[The Third Book.] Texts 1â6
II Philosophia de Generationibus et Fructibus quatuor Elementorum (Philosophy of the Elements)
âBook One. On the element of air (sections 1â12)
âBook Two. On the element of fire
âBook Three. On the Element of Earth
âBook Four. On the element of water together with its fruits
III Liber Meteororum (De Meteoris: The Book of the Meteors)
â[Preface]
â1âOn the elementated father and mother
â2âOn the prime matter of the heavens and the stars
â3âOn the prime matter of the stars and on their essences
â4âAbout the living species in the stars
â5âOn the generation of winds
â6âOn the generation of rains
â7âOn congelation
â8âOn the lightning bolt
â9âOn extraneous things
â10âOn exhalations
IV [Another Account of the Meteora]
âBook One
âBook Two. Concerning coagulated impressions
âBook Three
âBook Four
âBook Five
V [Another Book on Meteors]
âPrologue to the Books of Meteors
âSecond Prologue
âThe First Book of Meteors. The First Volume: On the Element of Air
âThe Third Book of Meteors: On the Meteoric Phenomena Stemming from the Element of Fire, and their Impressions
VI Other Meteorological Fragments
âConcerning hoarfrost
âChapter concerning dew
âConcerning winds
âChapter concerning lightning and thunder
âA Fragment from another Book of Meteors, concerning the rainbow
âAlternate concerning the rainbow
âConcerning comets
âConcerning rain
â[A Table of Celestial Impressions]
VII The Fifth Book of the Natural Waters: Concerning Falling Waters
âThe First Treatise
âThe Third Treatise
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Proper Names
Index of Scriptural Citations
The book addresses Paracelsus scholars as well as all scholars interested in Renaissance German philosophy and religion, and more generally in Renaissance cosmology, meteorology, and natural philosophy.