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Jean-Charles Darmon

The Vegan Option - Vegetarianism: The Story So Far

Steven Pinker

Peter Singer

Andrew Knight

Benjamin Zephaniah

John Arnold

Deepak Kumar

Tristram Stuart

Jason BeDuhn

Ramachandra Guha

Aysha Akhtar

Dennis Kucinich

Chris Williamson

David Pearce

Armand D’Angour

Ruby Roth

OwlTail

Justin Begley

Ancient philosophers inspire Renaissance thinkers to challenge the old hierarchy of man over beast.  Episode 9: Renaissance Old medieval certainties are cracking under the combined assault of new sciences and rediscovered classics. It’s an age when “natural philosophers” combine scientific discovery with philosophical treatises, and when their Republic of Letters transcends political boundaries in the name of free thought. It’s the age of Descartes, whose mechanical philosophy dismisses animals as “automatons”. But rivals like Gassendi suggest that animals have more in common with humans than he thinks. Ian traces the trail from Paris to the Mughal Court and back to the medical schools of the Enlightenment. He discovers the forgotten story of how Christian mythology, early anatomy, classical thinkers, and Indian medicine came together in respected medical schools that taught students to prescribe a vegetable diet. Play or download (61MB MP3 44min) (via iTunes) or read transcript.  Contributors:  Justin Begley, University of Oxford (academia.edu) Jean-Charles Darmon (Université de Versailles) (on Wikipedia) Deepak Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Tristram Stuart (tristramstuart.co.uk) (on Wikipedia)  This slideshow requires JavaScript. Readings  Lucretius, “On the Nature of Things”, 56 BCE (see translations by Hugh Munro 1910 &amp; Cyril Bailey 1900) Montaige, “Apology [in the old sense of “propounding”] for Raymond Sebond”, 1580 (see translation by Charles Cotton) Gassendi, Letter to Van Helmont, 1629 Descartes, Letter to Henry More, 1649 Descartes &amp; Gassendi, Appendix to Meditations, 1642 Bernier, appendix to “Concerning Happiness”, 1674 (see translation) Bernier, “Travels in the Mogul Empire”, 1670 (see translation by Constable 1891 &amp; Smith 1916) Philip Hecquet, “Traité des dispenses du Carême” (translation for by Elisabeth Lyman) John Wallis &amp; Edward Tyson, 1700 (see below) Alexander Munro, “An Essay on Comparative Anatomy”, 1744 Herman Boerhaave &amp; William Cullen taken from Stuart (see below)  Descartes’ readings represent the course of his philosophy, but aren’t in chronological order in the show. Descartes first propounded his mechanistic ideas about animal “automatons” in his 1638 “Discourse on Method”, but articulated it more clearly for us in a letter from 1649. He didn’t touch on it in his First Meditations (1641), but Gassendi did raise it in his response. Geek Reference of the Month Just Lady Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. And all the characters in the show who are leading scientists. Credits Background advice came from Renan LaRue and Antonia Lolo. Location photographs are by Vincent Migeotte, my production assistant in Paris. The theme music is by Robb Masters. The period music was Anna Simboli’s performance of ‘Signor, quell’infelice’ from L’Orfeo by Montiverdi (CC-BY); and, to evoke 1700 London, Papalin’s performance on recorders of Henry Purcell’s Sonata in C Major (CC-BY), which is dedicated to Lady Rhodia Cavendish. Archive monastery bells recorded by Robin Whittaker, Gregorian chant CC-BY Ramagochi, fast ticking recorded CC-BY Patrick Liberkind, and clockwork toy recorded CC-BY Steven Brown. The cover picture is The Garden of Eden, by Jan Brueghel. I’m very grateful to the actors of historical drama group Joot Theatre Company, at the University of Dundee – Connor Ogg (Monro), Iain Brodie (Cullen) and Vachel Novesha. Dr Jo George is their director of Joot Theatre Company, and was extremely helpful in helping set this up, and Brian Hoyle was their studio producer. Other parts were played by Sally Beaumont (Margaret Cavendish) and Guillaume Blanchard. Bibliography		1630116				VGRU9HKCitems		1		chicago-author-date				default		aschttp://theveganoption.org/wp-content/plugins/zotpress/Wallis, John. 1700. “A Letter of Dr Wallis to Dr Tyson, Concerning Mens Feeding on Flesh.” Philosophical Transactions 22 (260–276): 769–85. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1700.0070.  Bramly, Serge. 1994. Leonardo: The Artist and the Man. London; New York: Penguin Books.  Stuart, Tristram. 2007. The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times. New York: W.W. Norton &amp; Co.  Kundra, Sakul. 2010. “François Bernier’s Discourse on the Health System in Medieval India.” The National Medical Journal of India 23 (4): 236–39.

<p><em>Ancient philosophers inspire Renaissance thinkers to challenge the old hierarchy of man over beast. </em></p> <h2>Episode 9: Renaissance</h2> <p>Old medieval certainties are cracking under the combined assault of new sciences and rediscovered classics. It’s an age when “natural philosophers” combine scientific discovery with philosophical treatises, and when their Republic of Letters transcends political boundaries in the name of free thought.</p> <p>It’s the age of Descartes, whose mechanical philosophy dismisses animals as “automatons”. But rivals like Gassendi suggest that animals have more in common with humans than he thinks. Ian traces the trail from Paris to the Mughal Court and back to the medical schools of the Enlightenment. He discovers the forgotten story of how Christian mythology, early anatomy, classical thinkers, and Indian medicine came together in respected medical schools that taught students to prescribe a vegetable diet.</p> <p><a href="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/296828554-veganoption-veghist-ep09-renaissance.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play or download (61MB MP3 44min)</a> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-vegan-option-internet/id472440610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(via iTunes)</a> or <a href="https://theveganoption.org/2016/12/08/transcript-veghist-ep09-renaissance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">read transcript</a>.</p> <p></p> <h3>Contributors:</h3> <ul> <li>Justin Begley, University of Oxford (<a href="https://oxford.academia.edu/JustinBegley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">academia.edu</a>)</li> <li>Jean-Charles Darmon (<a href="http://www.uvsq.fr/m-darmon-jean-charles-248964.kjsp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Université de Versailles</a>) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Darmon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Wikipedia</a>)</li> <li>Deepak Kumar (<a href="http://www.jnu.ac.in/FacultyStaff/ShowProfile.asp?SendUserName=deepakkumar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jawaharlal Nehru University</a>)</li> <li>Tristram Stuart (<a href="http://www.tristramstuart.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tristramstuart.co.uk</a>) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram_Stuart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Wikipedia</a>)</li> </ul> <p>This slideshow requires JavaScript.</p> <h3>Readings</h3> <ul> <li>Lucretius, “On the Nature of Things”, 56 BCE (see <a href="http://newepicurean.com:80/lucretius/introduction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">translations by Hugh Munro 1910 &amp; Cyril Bailey 1900</a>)</li> <li>Montaige, “Apology [in the old sense of “propounding”] for Raymond Sebond”, 1580 (see <a href="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/montaigne/michel/essays/book2.12.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">translation by Charles Cotton</a>)</li> <li>Gassendi, <a href="http://www.ivu.org/history/williams/gassendi.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letter to Van Helmont</a>, 1629</li> <li>Descartes, <a href="https://www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser/class/300/11-animals.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letter to Henry More</a>, 1649</li> <li>Descartes &amp; Gassendi, Appendix to Meditations, 1642</li> <li>Bernier, appendix to “Concerning Happiness”, 1674 (<a href="http://web.archive.orghttp://www.epicurus.info/etexts/gassendi_concerninghappiness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">see translation</a>)</li> <li>Bernier, “Travels in the Mogul Empire”, 1670 (see<a href="https://archive.org/stream/travelsinmogulem00bernuoft#page/326/mode/2up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> translation by Constable 1891 &amp; Smith 1916)</a></li> <li>Philip Hecquet, <a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6509377s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Traité des dispenses du Carême”</a> (translation for by Elisabeth Lyman)</li> <li>John Wallis &amp; Edward Tyson, 1700 (see below)</li> <li>Alexander Munro, <a href="https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo00monr_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“An Essay on Comparative Anatomy”</a>, 1744</li> <li>Herman Boerhaave &amp; William Cullen taken from Stuart (see below)</li> </ul> <p>Descartes’ readings represent the course of his philosophy, but aren’t in chronological order in the show. Descartes first propounded his mechanistic ideas about animal “automatons” in his 1638 “Discourse on Method”, but articulated it more clearly for us in a letter from 1649. He didn’t touch on it in his First Meditations (1641), but Gassendi did raise it in his response.</p> <h3>Geek Reference of the Month</h3> <p>Just <a href="http://www.themarysue.com/margaret-cavendish/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lady Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle</a>. And all the characters in the show who are leading scientists.</p> <h3>Credits</h3> <p>Background advice came from Renan LaRue and Antonia Lolo. Location photographs are by Vincent Migeotte, my production assistant in Paris.</p> <p>The theme music is by Robb Masters.</p> <p>The period music was <a href="https://musopen.org/music/614/claudio-monteverdi/signor-quellinfelice-from-lorfeo-sv-318/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anna Simboli’s performance of ‘Signor, quell’infelice’ from L’Orfeo by Montiverdi (CC-BY)</a>; and, to evoke 1700 London, <a href="https://musopen.org/music/4030/henry-purcell/sonata-in-c-major-z808/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Papalin’s performance on recorders of Henry Purcell’s Sonata in C Major (CC-BY)</a>, which is dedicated to Lady Rhodia Cavendish.</p> <p>Archive <a href="http://freesound.org/people/Robin%20Whittaker/sounds/36628/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monastery bells recorded by Robin Whittaker</a>, <a href="http://freesound.org/people/ramagochi/sounds/320530/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gregorian chant CC-BY Ramagochi</a>, <a href="https://www.freesound.org/people/PatrickLieberkind/sounds/212971/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fast ticking recorded CC-BY Patrick Liberkind</a>, and <a href="http://freesound.org/people/StevenBrown/sounds/128440/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">clockwork toy recorded CC-BY Steven Brown</a>.</p> <p>The cover picture is The Garden of Eden, by Jan Brueghel.</p> <p>I’m very grateful to the actors of historical drama group <a href="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/joot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joot Theatre Company, at the University of Dundee</a> – Connor Ogg (Monro), Iain Brodie (Cullen) and Vachel Novesha. Dr Jo George is their director of Joot Theatre Company, and was extremely helpful in helping set this up, and Brian Hoyle was their studio producer. Other parts were played by Sally Beaumont (Margaret Cavendish) and Guillaume Blanchard.</p> <h3>Bibliography</h3>		1630116<br>		<br>		VGRU9HKC<br>items<br>		1<br>		chicago-author-date<br>		<br>		default<br>		asc<br><a href="http://theveganoption.org/wp-content/plugins/zotpress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theveganoption.org/wp-content/plugins/zotpress/</a><br>Wallis, John. 1700. “A Letter of Dr Wallis to Dr Tyson, Concerning Mens Feeding on Flesh.” Philosophical Transactions 22 (260–276): 769–85. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1700.0070" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1700.0070</a>.<br><br>  Bramly, Serge. 1994. Leonardo: The Artist and the Man. London; New York: Penguin Books.<br><br>  Stuart, Tristram. 2007. The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times. New York: W.W. Norton &amp; Co.<br><br>  Kundra, Sakul. 2010. “François Bernier’s Discourse on the Health System in Medieval India.” The National Medical Journal of India 23 (4): 236–39.

VegHist Ep 9: Renaissance. Descartes, Montaigne, Gassendi, and the “sparing diet”