Thinker · 2 recordings · 5 hours
Gaston Bachelard
“A few months ago, while following the history of scientific ideas in the Middle Ages, I tried to assess the influence of alchemical ideas on the thinkers of that period. I noted that alchemy formed a particularly unified and stable body of doctrine, and that this explained its enduring hold upon people's minds. Alchemy appeared to me as a true…”
Recordings
- 321La rêverie alchimique32 minA few months ago, while following the history of scientific ideas in the Middle Ages, I tried to assess the influence of alchemical ideas on the thinkers of that period.…
- 322La science et les songes4 h 29 minPoetry and the elements. Poetic imagination is generally regarded as a playful faculty, conscious of its irresponsibility, roaming above things and endlessly exchanging one image for another in a virtuoso…
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