The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn. The uncommon second latin edition of this extremely important and influential study jorink, reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, p. Worlds of natural history edited by helen anne curry november 2018. Jorinks thesis, but he does try to give it new meaning by insisting that biblical criticism was just as vital as the new science in validating the naturalists quest. The contemporary notion of the book of nature serves as our point of departure. English reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715 by eric jorink. Pdf reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 1575. A compelling exposition of how authors, printers, booksellers and readers competed for power over the printed page. In 1658, he was the first to observe and describe red. Indeed, it is likely that, like so many extant manuscripts from the seventeenth century, this codex has been derived from a printed book for circulation among an audience that may not have had access to multiple copies of the book. As a source of revelation, the book of nature remained moored to the christian faith and occupied a prominent location in western culture alongside sacred scripture.
Week 2, tuesday august 2, earth is a book of nature peter bean if you visited my office or almost any of the rooms of my home you would see shelves of books. According to eric jorink, for instance, spinozas interpretation of god as indissociable from nature virtually destroyed the traditional dutch ideas of the book of nature. Primavera pers van t hoffstraat 33 nl 23 sn leiden the netherlands tel. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insectegg, larva, pupa, and adultare different forms of the same animal.
Jorink has widely published on the scientific culture in early modern europe, including the culture of collecting, the relation between art and science, and the emergence of radical biblical criticism. Shop with confidence knowing that you can return your purchase within 30 days if it is not as described on our web site. Reading the book of nature in the seventeenthcentury dutch republicmore. As jorink puts it, for such thinkers nature is not primarily the field of natural philosophers and engineers, but the starting point for religious meditation.
Jorink describes the ubiquity of the metaphor as a basso continuo on the hymn of the order of nature in the 17th century netherlands. It identifies a range of key figures including constantijn huygens, nicolaes witsen, johannes swammerdam, and bernardus paludanus, characterised by jorink as the well and sometimes lesserknown scholars and curiosi p. He is researcher at the huygens institute for the history of the netherlands knaw royal netherlands academy of arts and sciences in. The illustrations similarly suggest working from a model at hand. Book of the day the case for the green new deal by ann.
A sourcebook of spiritual perspectives on nature and the environment the education project series on free shipping on qualified orders. Reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 1575. Dictionary grammar blog school scrabble thesaurus translator quiz more resources more from collins. Reading the book of nature and early modern strategies for repairing the effects of the fall and of babel james j bono. Find books on a variety of different subjects, such as birds, dinosaurs, geology, natural disasters, weather, and. It identifies a range of key figures including constantijn huygens, nicolaes witsen, johannes swammerdam, and bernardus paludanus, characterised by jorink as the well and. Eric jorink holds the special chair enlightenment and religion in historical perspective. Iceberg and fjord walls, scoresby sund, east greenland. Project muse reading the book of nature in the dutch.
Eric jorink, reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715. I wrote a dissertation on the notion of the book of nature in early modern dutch culture, a subject which was basically about the relation between. Jorink successfully shows not only how fruitful was the prevailing conception of nature as gods second book to the emergence of a vibrant discipline of natural history, but how relevant was humanist culture to the formulation of new scientific methodologies and practices. Of the nature of definition and meaning collins english. I am researcher at the huygens institute for the history of the netherlands royal netherlands academy of arts and sciences. The four companion volumes of nature and scripture in the abrahamic religions contribute to a contextual evaluation of the mutual influences between scriptural exegesis and hermeneutics on the one hand and practices or techniques of interpretation in natural philosophy and the natural sciences on the other. We seek to raise the low profile this theme has had both in the history of.
If the greenland ice sheet were to melt completely, global sea levels would rise dramatically. This books objective is to shed new light on the manner in which dutch natural philosophers and scholars interpreted the wonders of nature during the long seventeenth century. Beginning with bernardus paludanus in enkhuizen at the end of the sixteenth century 26678, dutch collectors led the way in amassing cabinets of curiosity from their farflung global trade. This book s objective is to shed new light on the manner in which dutch natural philosophers and scholars interpreted the wonders of nature during the long seventeenth century. Pdf reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age. Jorink, eric, reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715 leiden 2010.
It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic. Doc eric jorink, reading the book of nature in the dutch. By nature definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Of course, there was another text that was even more important than nature. Eric jorinks stimulating book prompts the reader to reassess the relationship between religion and the observation of the natural world in the dutch golden age. Nature refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. Eric jorink traditionally, dutch scientific culture of the golden age is regarded as rational, pragmatic, and utilitarian. The book of nature is a religious and philosophical concept originating in the latin middle ages which views nature as a book to be read for knowledge and understanding. Visualizing nature in early modern europe, 15001700. The word nature is derived from the latin word natura, or essential qualities, innate disposition, and in ancient times, literally meant birth. Natures peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. This books objective is to shed new light on the manner in which dutch natural philosophers and scholars interpreted the wonders of nature during. Reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715 brills studies in intellectual history 9789004186712.
Originally published in three volumes under the title metamorphosis naturalis between 1660 and 1669. Authorized by the belgian confession of the late sixteenth century, dutch calvinists shared the assumption that the bible and the book of nature form a dual unity p. Jorink, eric, and bart ramakers, undivided territory. Reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715 by eric jorink 17 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in english and held by 1,571 worldcat member libraries worldwide. The book of nature was acquiring greater authority, for its wisdom and as an unmediated source of natural and divine knowledge. Reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715 by. The idea of the book as a totality, as a complete and unified structure that galvanizes the polyvalency of language into a single, determinate meaning, was and perhaps in a residual sense still is the model for our understanding of the world itself, for the way in which people try to make sense of the irreducible complexity of what we call nature, or reality. The serious naturalist and the frivolous collector. Jan swammerdam february 12, 1637 february 17, 1680 was a dutch biologist and microscopist. But jorink restores their activities to the study of the book of nature, particularly by humanists and theologians. Art and science in the early modern netherlands, netherlands yearbook for history of art 61 zwolle 2011 633.
The role of christiaan huygens, johannes swammerdam and antoni van leeuwenhoek in the so. Reading the book of nature is thematically structured and weaves together analyses of texts and collections created by humanists, natural historians, and biblical scholars. The dissertation was awarded with a prize of the prestigious praemium erasmianum foundation, and published in english as reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715 leiden 2010. According to eric jorink, for instance, spinozas interpretation of god as indissociable from nature virtually destroyed the traditional dutch ideas of the book of. Fast fish and loose fish is a term from whaling that melville makes play with, and his huge book which famously sold only a few copies in his lifetime dives. Reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age.
As part of his anatomical research, he carried out experiments on muscle contraction. Reading the book of nature in the dutch golden age, 15751715. Protestants embraced the concept of the book of nature, the idea that god made himself known to mankind by his creation. Science and nature books page 3 of 126 the guardian. What little we know about covid19 immunity, what we can intelligently guess at and how decision makers can work with it. Request pdf on sep 1, 2011, alette fleischer and others published siegfried huigen. Insects, philosophy and the microscope chapter 8 worlds of.