LIFE AND WORK OF THE LVIV ALCHEMIST ANDRZEJ TOROSOWICZ

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2018.3(155).133187

Keywords:

alchemy, Andrzej Torosowicz, natural philosophy, hermetic philosophy

Abstract

The article covers the life and work of the Lviv bourgeois Andrzej Torosowicz who was the natural philosopher of the early modern period. Separately is given a description and a brief analysis of his treatise "Secrets of the philosophical garden truthfully gathered about the blessed philosophical stone" (1626-1631).

Author Biography

Vitalii Shchepanskyi, National University "Ostroh Academy"

Candidate in Sciences in Philosophy, Researcher

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2018-07-29

How to Cite

Shchepanskyi, V. (2018). LIFE AND WORK OF THE LVIV ALCHEMIST ANDRZEJ TOROSOWICZ. Skhid, (3(155), 16–19. https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2018.3(155).133187

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No. 3(155) (2018): PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES

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Philosophy

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