This chapter deals with Thomas Browne's most famous work, Religio Medici (written between 1635 and 1640 and published in 1642), and especially with his account of Charity. The first paragraph focuses on Browne's specific account of the relationship between natural and supernatural. This view is inspired by Bacon, Sebunde, and Montaigne, and is crucial to understand the background of Browne's view about the virtue of Charity. The second paragraph is about Browne's specific understanding of Charity, which seems to be a middle stage between the traditional, Scholastic doctrine, and the Kantian idea of moral law, independent from the practical law and the desire of the subject. The third paragraph deals with Religio Medici's reversal of the traditional "order" of Charity, as well as Browne's accounts of abnegation and friendship as an effective way for a charity to the self which meets many aspects of Foucault's ????????? ??u???. The fourth paragraph is about Browne's analogical understanding of medicine and morality, as well as his use of the meditatio mortis.

From Charity to the Care of the Self: Thomas Browne's Religio Medici

GUIDI S
2021

Abstract

This chapter deals with Thomas Browne's most famous work, Religio Medici (written between 1635 and 1640 and published in 1642), and especially with his account of Charity. The first paragraph focuses on Browne's specific account of the relationship between natural and supernatural. This view is inspired by Bacon, Sebunde, and Montaigne, and is crucial to understand the background of Browne's view about the virtue of Charity. The second paragraph is about Browne's specific understanding of Charity, which seems to be a middle stage between the traditional, Scholastic doctrine, and the Kantian idea of moral law, independent from the practical law and the desire of the subject. The third paragraph deals with Religio Medici's reversal of the traditional "order" of Charity, as well as Browne's accounts of abnegation and friendship as an effective way for a charity to the self which meets many aspects of Foucault's ????????? ??u???. The fourth paragraph is about Browne's analogical understanding of medicine and morality, as well as his use of the meditatio mortis.
2021
Istituto per il Lessico Intellettuale Europeo e Storia delle Idee - ILIESI
978-3-030-71240-2
Thomas Browne
Care of the Self
Moral Philosophy
Charity
Michel de Montaigne
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