This volume deals with the 'hidden secrets of nature' in the natural magic of Giovan Battista Della Porta (1535-1615). The topic is analysed in relation to the internal debates of the Neapolitan Aristotelianism of the 16th century and to the proposals of the magic tradition of the Renaissance. This book also deals with the problem of witchcraft, a phenomenon which is not purely philosophical, but connected historically to Della Porta’s struggle against any form of superstitious explanation for natural secrets, including the roughest ones.
Book Title
La scienza e i segreti della natura a Napoli nel Rinascimento
Book Subtitle
La magia naturale di Giovan Battista Della Porta
Authors
Donato Verardi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
200
Publication Year
2018
Copyright Information
© 2018 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-789-4
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-788-7
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-789-4
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-081-6
Series Title
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Series ISSN
2612-8039
Series E-ISSN
2612-8020