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Exploring Souls and Science: An Intriguing Journey through History and Discovery

Delve into the age-old inquiry about what happens to souls when bodies perish, alongside fascinating scientific breakthroughs by prominent figures like Volta and Spallanzani. Embark on a captivating exploration bridging philosophy and naturalism. Discover historic letters and revolutionary experiments that push the boundaries of knowledge and understanding.

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Exploring Souls and Science: An Intriguing Journey through History and Discovery

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  1. CALOR 2008 CALOR 2008

  2. Carlo IV founded the University of Pavia April 13, 1361

  3. Marcantonio Della Torre

  4. Girolamo Cardano 1501-1576

  5. Gaspare Aselli (ca. 1581-1625)

  6. The chiliferous vessels in: De Lactibus sive lacteis venis (1627) of Gaspare Aselli.

  7. Alessandro Volta Lazzaro Spallanzani Antonio Scarpa (1845-1827) (1729-1799) (1752-1832)

  8. Alessandro Volta

  9. Lazzaro Spallanzani 1729-1799

  10. What about the problem of the souls? When they are dead, what happens to their souls? During the time in which these animals are dead where do they go? Could we believe that every time they are dead the souls leave their bodies and subsequently go back during resurrection? …. Even if we admit the existence of a soul in these portentous animals, the naturalist and the philosopher are both embarassed. And if we try to get out of the problem by admitting that these animals do not have a soul, why can’t we say the same of many others? Spallanzani to Voltaire May 31, 1776 Voltaire

  11. Spermatozoa according to Spallanzani (1776)

  12. Spallanzani Notes on the blind flight of bats

  13. Camillo Golgi 1875

  14. I spend long hours at the microscope. I am delighted that I have found a new reaction to demonstrate even to the blind the structure of the interstitial stroma of the cerebral cortex. I let the silver nitrate react with the pieces of brain hardened in potassium dichromate. I have obtained magnificent results and hope to do even better in the future. Letter of Camillo Golgi to Nicolò Manfredi February 16, 1873

  15. Nature 389: 17-19 (1977)

  16. Nature 387: 21-22 (1997)

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