Paracelsus vs. Descartes -- Renaissance Magic and the Mechanical Philosophy of the 17th Century

Foundations of Experimental Biology

Paracelsus vs. Descartes -- Renaissance Magic and the Mechanical Philosophy of the 17^th Century

From René Descartes, Traité de L'Homme, 1664,
demonstrating the functioning of the nerves.é

Readings: René Descartes, Discourse on Method, pp. 101-119, in History 338 Reader.)