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The Smoke of the Soul

Medicine, Physiology and Religion in Early Modern England

  • Richard Sugg
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction
    Richard Sugg
    Pages 1-10
  3. The Physiology of the Soul
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    Pages 11-50
  4. The Soul in Three Dimensions: Pietro Pomponazzi and Andreas Vesalius
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    Pages 51-80
  5. Aspiring Souls (I): Tamburlaine the Great
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    Pages 81-102
  6. Aspiring Souls (II): Dr Faustus
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    Pages 103-132
  7. Painful Inquisition: Body-Soul Problems in Early Modern Christianity
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    Pages 133-163
  8. The Differential Soul: Women, Fools and Personal Identity
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    Pages 164-205
  9. The Dying Soul (I): Christian Mortalism as Religious Heresy
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    Pages 206-233
  10. The Dying Soul (II): Mortalism as Literary Fantasy
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    Pages 234-281
  11. Anatomy and the Rise of the Brain
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    Pages 282-314
  12. Conclusion: The True Location of the Soul
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    Pages 315-333
  13. Back Matter
    Pages 334-389
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About this book

Introduction

What was the soul? Christians agreed that it was the immortal core of each human being. Yet there was no agreement on where the soul was, what it was, or how it could be joined to the body. The Smoke of the Soul explores the anxieties and excitement generated by the mysterious zone where matter met spirit, and where human life met eternity.

Keywords

Andreas Vesalius bibliography body Christianity corpus England identity knowledge medicine religion women

Authors and affiliations

  • Richard Sugg
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of English StudiesDurham UniversityUK

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