Otto Heurnius
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Otto Heurnius (1577–1652) was a Dutch physician, theologian and philosopher.
as professor of medicine at the University of Leiden; and took over anatomy teaching from Pieter Pauw from 1617. Along side his practical anatomy teaching, he had the care of a very various collection of zoological and botanical specimens. The aims of the collection included reconstruction of the life of the Israelites in Egypt
, as in the Book of Exodus.
He was also a historian of philosophy, stressing the period before the philosophers of the Ancient Greeks (“barbarian philosophy”). He based his ideas on the Corpus Hermeticum.
Life
He succeeded his father Johannes HeurniusJohannes Heurnius
Johannes Heurnius was a Dutch physician and natural philosopher.-Life:He was born at Utrecht, and studied at Leuven and Paris. He went to the University of Padua to study under Hieronymus Fabricius; and graduated M.D...
as professor of medicine at the University of Leiden; and took over anatomy teaching from Pieter Pauw from 1617. Along side his practical anatomy teaching, he had the care of a very various collection of zoological and botanical specimens. The aims of the collection included reconstruction of the life of the Israelites in Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
, as in the Book of Exodus.
He was also a historian of philosophy, stressing the period before the philosophers of the Ancient Greeks (“barbarian philosophy”). He based his ideas on the Corpus Hermeticum.