Out on the Limb
The Place of Medicine in Descartes' Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12619124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gideon Manning (1College of William and Mary, Williamsburg (VA), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 214-222 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Early Science and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1383-7427 • E-ISSN: 1573-3823 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157338207x194695 |
| PMID | 18173171 |
| OpenAlex | W2002766075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In final paragraph of Discours de la Methode published in 1637, Descartes resolved to devote rest of [his] life to nothing other than trying to acquire some knowledge of nature from which we may derive rules in medicine.' In 1645, with a retrospective air, Descartes wrote to Marquess of Newcastle, the preservation of health has always been principal end of my studies; and following year he wrote to Hector-Pierre Chanut that his practical interests resulted in his having spent much more time in medical pursuits than most other subjects.2 Descartes' sincerity on these points seems guaranteed by a number of facts surrounding his life. For one, in 1633 University of Bologna sought him out to fill a vacant chair in theoretical medi cine. Even more impressive, without ever having produced a proper medical text, Descartes generated a school of medical thought promul gated by Dutchmen like Regius, de Raey, Schuyl, and Sylvius. Yet, in spite of Descartes' own declarations and his conspicuous influence on
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |