Lachesis and Nemesis: Four Chapters on the Human Condition in the Writings of Carl Linnaeus

orig.wrappers Minor rubbing. VG. 2 plates. Textual illus. 24x16cm, 123,(2) pp, Series: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, IV. Contents: Introduction: Carl Linnæus' Life & Writings as Object for these Studies; His Dietetic & 'Clavis medicinæ'; General Sayings About Medicine.Learning & Magic: Early Studies & Journeys; 'Diæta naturalis' 1733; Journey to Holland 1735-1738; Dietetics & Anthropology; Linnæus as System- Builder; Magical Principles; Linnæus 'Hypotheses'; Forerunner in 17th Century; Erik Odhelius; Supposed Realities Behind; Theoretical Aspects; Magic of Bodily Fluids & Excretions; Seven-Year Periods in Human Life; Macro-Microcosm Formula; Popular Faith: Magic & Superstition; Collecting Popular Superstitions; Wise Women; Spectres & Doubles; Other Forms of Popular Faith; Linnæus' Attribute; Divine Revelation: 'Nemesis Divina' as a Theologia Experimentalis; The Material Analysed; The Concept of Fate; Divine Justice; 'Jus talionis'; Civil Penal Code; The Decalogue of Linnæus;Fatal Omens; 'Jus divinum' & 'Jus naturæ'; Moral Philospophy of Stoicism; Natural Theology; The Immortality of the Soul; Theological Viewpoints; Natural Religion; A Secularized Theodicy; A Hidden Philosophy: The Backround of Neo-Platonism in 18th-Century Thought; The Linnean Credo in ' Lachesis': Count Bondres 'Clavicula'; Traces of Hermetical Thought in Linnæus; Speculative Features in 'Clavis'; Origins in Natural Philosophy of the Renaissance & Baroque; Conclusion.…