Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley

Autores
Gattinoni, Andrés Juan
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
español castellano
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
In the early 18th century, the spleen was a curious object. It was not only an organ the function of which had baffled both ancient and modern authors, but it was also the name and the alleged seat of a type of melancholy many contemporaries believed it was an epidemic disease in England. This article analyses a lecture on the spleen published in 1723 by the Lincolnshire physician and antiquarian William Stukeley. Placing it in the context of the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns, the paper traces the role that the classical tradition had in Stukeley’s endeavour. It argues that his selective reading of the classics sought to recover a prisca sapientia which favoured a theory of the spleen and its place in the microcosm with relevant theological implications. Furthermore, the ancients provided Stukeley with arguments and lessons to fight the modern spleen epidemic.
Fil: Gattinoni, Andrés Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina
Materia
WILLIAM STUKELEY
SPLEEN
MELANCOLÍA
CURIOSIDAD
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
title Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
spellingShingle Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
Gattinoni, Andrés Juan
WILLIAM STUKELEY
SPLEEN
MELANCOLÍA
CURIOSIDAD
title_short Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
title_full Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
title_fullStr Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
title_full_unstemmed Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
title_sort Curiosa melancolía: spleen y tradición clásica según William Stukeley
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gattinoni, Andrés Juan
author Gattinoni, Andrés Juan
author_facet Gattinoni, Andrés Juan
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv WILLIAM STUKELEY
SPLEEN
MELANCOLÍA
CURIOSIDAD
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SPLEEN
MELANCOLÍA
CURIOSIDAD
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In the early 18th century, the spleen was a curious object. It was not only an organ the function of which had baffled both ancient and modern authors, but it was also the name and the alleged seat of a type of melancholy many contemporaries believed it was an epidemic disease in England. This article analyses a lecture on the spleen published in 1723 by the Lincolnshire physician and antiquarian William Stukeley. Placing it in the context of the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns, the paper traces the role that the classical tradition had in Stukeley’s endeavour. It argues that his selective reading of the classics sought to recover a prisca sapientia which favoured a theory of the spleen and its place in the microcosm with relevant theological implications. Furthermore, the ancients provided Stukeley with arguments and lessons to fight the modern spleen epidemic.
Fil: Gattinoni, Andrés Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina
description In the early 18th century, the spleen was a curious object. It was not only an organ the function of which had baffled both ancient and modern authors, but it was also the name and the alleged seat of a type of melancholy many contemporaries believed it was an epidemic disease in England. This article analyses a lecture on the spleen published in 1723 by the Lincolnshire physician and antiquarian William Stukeley. Placing it in the context of the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns, the paper traces the role that the classical tradition had in Stukeley’s endeavour. It argues that his selective reading of the classics sought to recover a prisca sapientia which favoured a theory of the spleen and its place in the microcosm with relevant theological implications. Furthermore, the ancients provided Stukeley with arguments and lessons to fight the modern spleen epidemic.
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