Book contents
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Mortal Soul
- Chapter 2 Nature and Idolatry
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Temperaments, Medicine, and the Problem of Atheism
- Chapter 4 Natural Law, Religion, and Moral Skepticism
- Chapter 5 From Becmann to Stosch
- Chapter 6 The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
Moses and Jesus between Inflation and Deflation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2023
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Mortal Soul
- Chapter 2 Nature and Idolatry
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Temperaments, Medicine, and the Problem of Atheism
- Chapter 4 Natural Law, Religion, and Moral Skepticism
- Chapter 5 From Becmann to Stosch
- Chapter 6 The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The bedroom of King James II of England had a staircase that led down to a laboratory that housed the royal alchemist Edmund Dickinson.1 When he was not experimenting, Dickinson worked on a large book that he wanted to call Physica vetus et vera (“The Old and True Physics”). There he planned to describe the philosophy of Moses in such a way that it could finally be rightly understood and scientifically explained. When the king could not sleep, he went downstairs to Dickinson, where they discussed alchemy, philosophy, and politics, but probably also Moses.
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- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment , pp. 276 - 327Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023