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La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno. Studi e testi

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Autore / Author: Chiara Crisciani

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Pavia

Titolo / Title: Medicina e “medicina spirituale”: alcuni casi (secoli XII-XV)

Abstract: In this essay I examine some instances of the relations between body and soul and between health and salvation in the development of the ‘medicine of the soul’, that is ‘spiritual medicine’ (12th–15th centuries). In particular, I examine texts by theologians and men of Church – Hugo de Fouilloy, Alanus de Insulis, Humbert de Romans, Nicola of Occam, Giovanni da S. Gimignano, Bartolomeo da Ferrara and Jean Gerson – in which aspects of secular medicine are used for ethical and spiritual aims. I also touch upon some physicians – Gilles de Corbeil, Arnaldo da Villanova, Galvano da Levanto, Michele Savonarola – who are, in their medical writings, very attentive to the health of the soul and its salvation.

Keywords: medicine; spiritual medicine; Middle Ages.

English title: Medicine and ‘Spiritual Medicine’: Some Cases (12th–15th Centuries)

DOI: 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-6

Pagine / Pages: 157-186

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 12/12/2024

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-6

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