Examen de ingenios para las ciencias.
Publication Details
Baeza, Spain: Juan Bautista de Montoya, 1575 CE.
Huarte was a distinguished Spanish physician and psychologist. His Examen, which gained for him a European reputation, was the first attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology. English translation by Richard Carew as The Examination of mens wits (London, 1594), and Lessing translated the book into German. Over the next two centuries Examen was published "in six different languages: in Spanish fifteen times, twenty-five in French, six in Italian, five in English, three in Latin and one in Dutch. In total nine translators rendered this work into other tongues, and the book was printed in twenty different European cities" (Carew translation, edited by R. G. Sumillera; see No. 8705). Digital facsimile of the 1594 English translation from the Internet Archive at this link; of the 1594 Spanish edition from the National Library of Spain at this link.
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| Entry Number | #4964 |
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| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | examen-de-ingenios-para-las-ciencias |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Baeza, Spain
Mentioned in annotation: London