NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Filippo Brunelleschi, Natural Philosophy, Gerardus Mercator
27 Nov 2017
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The natural philosopher (for all aspects of the world) Philosophic (not to be confused with a physician or scientist) Their activity is to describe (do not use mathematics ex. Educational and cultural program based on the classics (core of human dignity/human perfection) Teaching the subjects that are proper to human beings. Study of grammar, relic, history, poetry, and philosopher ethics. Techniques have been systemized in textbooks (applying mathematics to the work of art) Mathematics can be used to gain true knowledge. Present his book as an attempt to return medicine to its classical. Emoting the state of medicine (elevate surgery, the ancient art of dissection) Turn it into a branch of natural philosophy. Anatomy(theoretical branch) vs surgery (practical branch: unclear to people what the dead body is (famous case on a noblemen, people claimed that the body moved, Allegory: the women"s body is nature dissection is essentially murdering the body)
