Physiologia: Natural Philosophy Late Aristotelian and Cartesian Thought in Bloomington, MN

Sixteenth-century Aristotelianism was the culmination of four centuries of commentary and criticism.
Physiologia
is one of the first books to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to that tradition in natural philosophy. In an incisive and readable treatment, Dennis Des Chene illuminates the continuities and disruptions between medieval and modern philosophy and promotes a new understanding of the philosophical setting in which modern notions of science emerged.