Isbn: 9780806131597 - obesity and depression in the enlightenment: the life and times of george cheyne: 3 (series for science and culture) (10 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Medical doctor George Cheyne, little known today, was among the most quoted men in eighteenth-century Britain. A 450-pound behemoth renowned for his Falstaffian appetites, he nevertheless advocated moderation to his neurotic clientele. Cheyne was an early admirer of Isaac Newton and a writer on mathematics and natural philosophy, yet he also linked science and mysticism in his writings. This inventor of the all-lettuce diet was both an author of learned tomes and, to his patients, a fellow sufferer who struggled with obesity and depression.Scientist and mystic, patient and healer, libertine and scholar, Cheyne embodies the contradictions and obsessions of the Age of Enlightenment. Anita Guerrini reconstructs the ideas, events, and interconnections in Cheyne's era and shows how Cheyne's life and work uniquely epitomize the transition between premodern and modern culture. Tipping in at 450 pounds, English doctor Cheyne (1673-1743) was able if anyone to embody the contradictions and obsessions of the Enlightenment. Guerrini (U. of California-Santa Barbara) describes how he advocated moderation, admired Newton, wrote on mathematics and natural philosophy, linked mysticism and science, and invented the all-lettuce diet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condición: New. KlappentextrnrnMedical doctor George Cheyne, little known today, was among the most quoted men in eighteenth-century Britain. A 450-pound behemoth renowned for his Falstaffian appetites, he nevertheless advocated moderation to his neurotic c.