Thaddaeus Hagecius, or Hájek, 1526-1600
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chymiatry research
early modern medicine
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hermetic philosophy
history of astrology
intellectual networks in Rudolfine Prague
Renaissance science
scientific polymathy
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- ISBN 9781041187097
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Tadeas Hajek of Hajek (1526–1600), Latinized as Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hagek/Hayek, was a key figure in early scientific debates not only in his native Bohemia. A versatile scholar and polymath, he was prolific in medicine, botany, mathematics and astronomy. Modern interpreters tended to point out his astronomical interpretations to emphasize his greatest achievements and his “modernity.” However, Hajek also drew extensively on traditional arts such as alchemy, astrology and metoposcopy. In this volume, the contributors study various aspects of Hayek’s thought to present a less tendentious intellectual portrait of him in the context of his times. Even from this more adequate perspective, he remains an important figure in the dialectical process of transmitting ideas whose influence extended far beyond the Czech lands.
Martin Zemla, PhD, research fellow at the Centre for Renaissance Texts, Palacky University, Olomouc, and head of the publishing department OIKOYMENH at the Institute of Philosophy, Prague. He has been working on German Mysticism, Renaissance Platonism and Paracelsianism.
