The article provides a brief account on the life and work of Desiderius Erasmus, famous Dutch humanist and prefaces the dialogue written by Erasmus entitled "The Alchemist". His dialogue contains minimal tech. details of lab. operations and use of alchem. terminol. and provides emphasis on psychol. details of how the alchemist manipulates his victim's greed and vanity.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127661
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2006v031p058
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2006 Division of the History of Chemistry
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