Earthly Adams and pious philosophers a theological anthropological lens to the sixteenth-century astronomical revolution / by Nienke Roelants.

Portion of title Theological anthropological lens to the sixteenth-century astronomical revolution
SeriesMedieval and early modern philosophy and science, 2468-6808 ; volume 43
History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern philosophy and science ; v. 43. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction : on earthly Adams and pious philosophers -- The true church at Wittenberg University -- Luther's anthropology -- Learned devotion -- G.J. Rheticus and fruitful ignorance -- Tycho Brahe's turn to the book of nature -- Caspar Peucer's turn to Mosaic philosophy -- Conclusion.
Abstract "Focusing on the works of a select group of Lutheran astronomers in the Wittenberg sphere of influence, Earthly Adams and Pious Philosophers establishes a theological anthropological blueprint that echoed in their contributions to the sixteenth-century astronomical revolution. In challenging canonical cosmology and its Scholastic advocates, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Tycho Brahe, and Caspar Peucer invoked intellectual piety and a pessimist epistemology tailored to Luther's understanding of man after the Fall. The fruitful ignorance to which they submitted can be seen as part of a larger view of the self and the world, the astronomer, the academic scholar and the university, that was essentially theologically informed"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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