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This reconstruction of the figure of the philosopher physician, who is also a conjurer and a student of astrology and astronomy, addresses one of the crucial and most representative themes of the Age of Renaissance. Chief among the traits that make up the character of the philosopher is his ambition to arrive at a rationalistic account of the origin of the elements and to find some common ground between...
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