Justification of Anatomical Practice in Jessenius's Prague Anatomy

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F16%3A33161393" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/16:33161393 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15733823-00216P04" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15733823-00216P04</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15733823-00216P04" target="_blank" >10.1163/15733823-00216P04</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Justification of Anatomical Practice in Jessenius's Prague Anatomy
Original language description
The physician and philosopher Johannes Jessenius (1565-1621), an enthusiastic anatomist in Wittenberg, often had to defend his anatomical practices against Lutheran orthodoxy, as is apparent from the invitations he wrote concerning his dissections. His most systematic defence can be found in the introduction to his description of the dissection performed in Prague in 1600, where he provides three different strategies for the justification of anatomical research. The first method traditionally builds on the use of the ancient dictum 'know thyself;' the second strategy is based on teleology, which Jessenius adopted from Vesalius' work; and the final method is derived from the philosophical tradition of the Renaissance. Jessenius makes use of the concept of the dignity of man in order to support the dignity of anatomical practice. The fundamental meaning of the philosophical framework of Jessenius's approach emerges from the comparison with both Andreas Vesalius, whose Fabric was one model for Jessenius's anatomical work, and with the speech delivered by Adamus Zaluzanius a Zaluzaniis prior to Jessenius's Prague anatomical performance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GB14-37038G" target="_blank" >GB14-37038G: Between Renaissance and Baroque: Philosophy and Knowledge in the Czech Lands within the Wider European Context</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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