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‘Heavens on Earth: From the Tabula Smaragdina to the Alchemical Fifth Essence’
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Abstract Alchemical writings of Arabic origin introduced into the Latin natural philosophy of the twelfth century a cosmological issue that was at variance with Aristotelian cosmology: the idea of a subtle substance that stood at the origin of the four elements and encompassed heaven and earth. In this article, I consider the links of this notion with Hermetic and Stoic thought; its association with the technical process of distillation; its emergence in some philosophical texts of the early thirteenth century; and finally its full development in two fourteenth century alchemical treatises, the Testamentum attributed to Raimond Lull and the Liber de consideratione quintae essentiae written by John of Rupescissa.
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“Similar to many root teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyü tradition, the origin of the dgb and the gbb can be traced back to the Indian siddhas.26”
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- Authors
- Pereira, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Siena (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Pereira, Michela
- Venue
- Early Science and Medicine
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 131-144
- ISSN
- 1383-7427 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3823
- OpenAlex
- W1982119296
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2015: 24 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Early Science and Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Philosophy and Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Medieval Philosophy and Theology
- Keywords
- quintessence, alchemy, Aristotelian cosmology, Hermeticism, Stoicism, distillation, four elements, alchemical treatises
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