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New Philosophy of Human Nature
Oliva Sabuco
其他書名
Neither Known to Nor Attained by the Great Ancient Philosophers, Which Will Improve Human Life and Helath
出版University of Illinois Press, 2010-10-01
主題Philosophy / GeneralPhilosophy / Mind & Body
ISBN02520923179780252092312
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9S7GrKO69p0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This volume is a critical edition of the 1587 treatise by Oliva Sabuco, New Philosophy of Human Nature, written during the Spanish Inquisition. Puzzled by medicine’s abject failure to find a cure for the plague, Sabuco developed a new theory of human nature as the foundation for her remarkably modern holistic philosophy of medicine.

Fifty years before Descartes, Sabuco posited a dualism that accounted for mind/body interaction. She was first among the moderns to argue that the brain--not the heart--controls the body. Her account also anticipates the role of cerebrospinal fluid, the relationship between mental and physical health, and the absorption of nutrients through digestion. This extensively annotated translation features an ample introduction demonstrating the work’s importance to the history of science, philosophy of medicine, and women’s studies.