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STS Perspective saver surgery compared with Western alchemy

Author: YaoQiang
Tutor: YangJianFei
School: Northwestern University
Course: Philosophy of Science and Technology
Keywords: Saver surgery Alchemy China West
CLC: B959
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract

The saver surgery is closely linked to the Department of independently developed, its development and the rise of Taoism. Taoism is an important school is to the Jinding faction, this faction stressed refining saver prey to become immortal, so saver family was priests. Saver surgery means and by attempting to the nature of certain substances manufactured with some particularity of Pharmacy, and served it, you can live forever, even Yuhuachengxian Pharmacy enchant gold and silver . West also produced a similar event that alchemy. Alchemy change refining philosopher stone, they believe that the philosopher stone Midas touch, also may be able to make people Yannian immortality. Western alchemists have their own religious beliefs, but they believe in the three stages of the original polytheism, Islam, Christianity respectively. Saver and alchemy practice is to use chemical means, their refining saver activities and a lot of chemistry experiments, designed to create a series of original chemical equipment, observation and found that many chemical changes, preparation of the a large number of artificial objects. Order to better guide their experiments, they draw nutrients combine their respective traditions of thought, and founded his own guiding theory. Chinese of Jindan home to the yin and yang theory false foreign objects from rugged and stone theory of evolution as the guiding theory; The Western With four elements, the metallic transmutation theory and the sulfur-mercury theory as the guiding theory. Commonly used in the saver surgery process pyrometallurgical longer than the sublimation method; the Western alchemy preference Water Act, benefactors distillation. The similarities and differences of Xijin Dan surgery this close relationship with their life background. Their activities are very secret, and only in a small range of propagation, the terminology used is not uniform, and elusive. But the Chinese saver home in the history of long-term cooperation with the ruling class, the loss of independence, so the development of ups and downs with the likes and dislikes of the ruling class; the outstanding Western alchemists More folk spontaneous, more focus on the accumulation of knowledge, of course, the West a large number of services for the emperor alchemist artisans. By both the comparison can be found in the high degree of similar theoretical construct and scientific achievements, so I think that decided both fate different reasons decisive factors are external factors.

STS Perspective saver surgery compared with Western alchemy

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