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The Paracelsian Movement and the Pseudo-Paracelsian Texts: Eschatological Moments of the Reform Movement of the Early Modern German-Speaking Area

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K12971
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 01040:History of thought-related
Research InstitutionSeigakuin University

Principal Investigator

Murase Amadeo  聖学院大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (40768503)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsパラケルスス主義 / 近世 / ドイツ語圏 / 偽書 / 終末論 / パラケルスス / 偽文書 / 科学史 / 思想史 / ルネサンス / 宗教史 / 初期近代 / 科学と宗教 / 科学思想史 / 宗教思想史
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、科学革命の潮流と宗教改革の潮流が交差した近世ドイツ語圏の思想運動「パラケルスス主義」を扱う。パラケルスス(1493/94-1541)は近代医学と科学思想に多大な影響を与えた16世紀の医学改革者である。彼とその支持者(パラケルスス主義者)たちの医学改革運動は「パラケルスス主義」と呼ばれるが、それがキリスト教的な歴史観をもとに独自の終末論を展開していく。本研究はこの過程を明らかにするために、16世紀半ばに登場した一連の「偽パラケルスス文書」とその受容過程に焦点をあて、パラケルスス主義終末論の展開を跡づける。「科学」と「宗教」とが不可分であったこの時代特有の歴史的局面に注目する研究である。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Regarding the reform movement called "Paracelsianism" in the early modern period, where the currents of the Scientific Revolution were intertwined with those of the Reformation, this research has illuminated the religious characteristics of the movement as well as the importance of pseudonymous writings, known as "Pseudo-Paracelsian texts".
With the methodological approach to precisely determining the historical impact of the pseudonymous texts, this study has been able to complement an aspect of the reception history of Paracelsus that has not been sufficiently documented so far, specifically the history of the homunculus theory in the early modern period.
Furthermore, this research investigated the religious aspects embedded in the Paracelsianism, particularly its eschatological features. It examined these aspects among the followers of Paracelsus after his death (such as P. Link and O. Croll), and elucidated the influence of the pseudonymous writings within that context.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は未開拓の文書群をとりあげることによって初期近代の未開拓領域への貢献を果たした。特に、学問の改革を目指したパラケルスス主義運動が、終末論的な議論を孕んでいたことは、この時代の科学と宗教との関係に新たな知見を加えるものである。また、初期近代のホムンクルス論の歴史は、当時の錬金術的な自然模倣・自然操作の観念が批判・排除されることによって、却って近代文学の素材(ゲーテ『ファウスト』)を準備するという科学思想史と文学史とを繋ぐ視点を提供する。これらの研究成果の一部は一般書店にも流通する書籍やインターネットなどの媒体においても発表され、本研究事業の社会的還元を試みた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (7 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Fondation de Treilles/Universite Sorbonne CELLF(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Homunculus2020

    • Author(s)
      Murase Amadeo
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences

      Volume: NA Pages: 1-3

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-319-20791-9_479-1

    • ISBN
      9783319207919
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Becher, Johann Joachim2020

    • Author(s)
      Murase Amadeo
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences

      Volume: NA Pages: 1-3

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-319-20791-9_485-1

    • ISBN
      9783319207919
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Alchemie und Eschatologie : Der deutsche Paracelsist Paul Linck und seine Heilsgeschichte (<Special Issue>Texte, Gelehrte und Politik im Zeitalter der Renaissance)2020

    • Author(s)
      村瀬 天出夫[著] , 簗田 航[訳]
    • Journal Title

      史苑

      Volume: 81 Issue: 1 Pages: 86-100

    • DOI

      10.14992/00020426

    • NAID

      120007002836

    • URL

      http://id.nii.ac.jp/1062/00020426/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Homunculus and the Paracelsian Liber de imaginibus2020

    • Author(s)
      Amadeo Murase(村瀬天出夫)
    • Journal Title

      Ambix

      Volume: 67 Issue: 1 Pages: 47-61

    • DOI

      10.1080/00026980.2020.1720359

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] German Paracelsian Oswald Croll and His Alchemical Eschatology2023

    • Author(s)
      Amadeo Murase
    • Organizer
      Renaissance Society of America
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Paracelsian Concept of the Homunculus2022

    • Author(s)
      Amadeo Murase
    • Organizer
      Workshop: Traditions of Magic in the Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate World and Europe (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] パラケルススはプラトン主義者か2021

    • Author(s)
      村瀬天出夫
    • Organizer
      新プラトン主義協会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Text studies and translation issues : Liber de imaginibus2019

    • Author(s)
      Amadeo Murase(村瀬天出夫)
    • Organizer
      Paracelse et les apocryphes pseudo-paracelsiens/ Paracelsus and his followers under investigation
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Homunculus of Paracelsus: Its Typology and Reception2019

    • Author(s)
      Amadeo Murase(村瀬天出夫)
    • Organizer
      Sixteenth Century Society & Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences2022

    • Author(s)
      Dana Jalobeanu, Charles Wolfe et als (共著)
    • Total Pages
      2279
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9783319310671
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 科学史事典2021

    • Author(s)
      日本科学史学会
    • Total Pages
      758
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621306062
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ドイツ語と向き合う2020

    • Author(s)
      井出 万秀(編)、川島 隆(編)、村瀬 天出夫(共著)、ほか
    • Total Pages
      276
    • Publisher
      ひつじ書房
    • ISBN
      9784894769984
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 新プラトン主義協会大会【第28回 新プラトン主義協会大会】

    • URL

      http://jsns.jp/wp/?page_id=8

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 丸善出版「科学史事典」

    • URL

      https://www.maruzen-publishing.co.jp/item/b304125.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] YouTube「BHチャンネル」2020年11月16日公開「対談」

    • URL

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xFQ_2wMRVc

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 立教大学学術リポジトリ「史苑」

    • URL

      http://doi.org/10.14992/00020426

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and ...

    • URL

      https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-20791-9

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Fondation de Treilles

    • URL

      https://lestreilles.hypotheses.org/86

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] University Sorbonne CELLF, Prof. Didier Kahn

    • URL

      http://www.cellf.paris-sorbonne.fr/chercheur/kahn-didier

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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