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'PHILOSOPHERS ARE WEIRDOS, HARSH, MELANCHOLICS...'. ON THE ATOPIC TRAITS OF THE PHILOSOPHER IN POLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

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Raubo A.
Pamiętnik Literacki
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2008
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vol. 99
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issue 3
57-86
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Attempts at reconstruction the atopic personality of the philosopher presented in 16th century Polish works are one of the most intriguing topics in Renaissance intellectual culture. The problem of the atopy is here subject of thorough scrutiny: it starts with an attempt at determination of the moment the atopy is being born, then it sheds light on the obstacles the philosopher faces while thinking speculatively, and ultimately it recreates the philosopher's 'weird' personality. This endeavor required characterizing the different manifestations of the philosopher's exteriorization (such as, among others, baffling looks, customs, and way of living), as well as examining their internal motivations. Apart from the ancient philosophers, the paper highlights the manifestations of the atopy in the actions of Polish Renaissance philosophers, e.g. Stanislaw Grzepski and Grzegorz of Sanok.
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THE PHILOSOPHER AS A PHYSICIAN, CONJURER AND ASTROLOGER: THE FIGURE OF THE PHILOSOPHER IN POLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

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Raubo A.
Ruch Literacki
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2007
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vol. 48
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issue 4-5
377-407
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This reconstruction of the figure of the philosopher physician, who is also a conjurer and a student of astrology and astronomy, addresses one of the crucial and most representative themes of the Age of Renaissance. Chief among the traits that make up the character of the philosopher is his ambition to arrive at a rationalistic account of the origin of the elements and to find some common ground between a life of philosophical speculation and the practical skills and activities of a physician. The philosopher of Renaissance literature is usually busy conducting some observations of the human body (in terms of the doctrine of the four humours) or dispensing some medical advice, which draws heavily on natural magic and its belief in hidden sympathies and antipathies between things. The Renaissance overlapping of philosophy, magic and medicine is also exhibited in the contemporary profiles of the philosopher-astrologer, who tries to fathom the influence of the planets on people's lives, their mentality, temper, and physiology.
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