Conocimiento médico y conocimiento teológico en Arnau de Vilanova
Mensa i Valls, Jaume (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filosofia)

Títol variant:	Medical Knowledge and Theological Knowledge in Arnald of Villanova
Data:	2022
Descripció:	15 pàg.
Resum:	Arnald of Villanova, a medical doctor by training and a theologian by vocation, has gone down in history as one of the most outstanding physicians of the Latin Middle Ages; his theological works, however, were condemned a few years after his death, and the possibility of their being known and studied only emerged just over a century ago. According to Arnald, medicine is a scientia while simultaneously being an ars operativa, both of which facets are indissociable. The physician is akin to a "minister of nature" who performs his role by way of his ars. This manner of understanding medicine presumes an "instrumentalist" conception of medical theory, a conception which sets Arnald of Villanova apart from both pure theoretical speculation and anti-intellectual empiricism. The Catalan physician conceives theological knowledge by analogy with its medical counterpart. The Christendom of his day appears to present symptoms of disease and, in the face of such a situation, Arnald, the medicus theologizans, prescribes a plan for reform.
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Llengua:	Castellà
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Publicat a:	Mediaevalia (Porto), Vol. 41 (2022) , p. 59-73, ISSN 0872-0991

DOI: 10.21747/21836884/med41a3

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