Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Ambix. 2021 May-Aug;68(2-3):214-230. doi: 10.1080/00026980.2021.1930677. Epub 2021 Jun 1.
Georg Ernst Stahl, an influential chymical-medical author of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, first believed in alchemical transmutation and reversed his position over the course of his career. This essay begins by placing Stahl's early teaching in alchemy in a larger background in which German princes and academics shared intense interest in gold-making. Then, tracing Stahl's intellectual development, it shows that he developed an increasing reservation about alchemy, though he remained open to the possibility of transmutation during his tenure at Halle. Finally, this essay shows that Stahl's service to King Friedrich Wilhelm I was an important context for his later public denunciation of alchemy. An analysis of Stahl's career shift from a university professor to a royal physician at court thus sheds light on the reversal of his positions.
格奥尔格·恩斯特·斯塔尔（Georg Ernst Stahl）是 17 世纪末至 18 世纪初颇具影响力的化学医学作者，他最初相信炼金术的嬗变，并在其职业生涯中改变了立场。本文首先将斯塔尔早期的炼金术教学置于一个更大的背景中，在这个背景中，德国王子和学者对炼金术有着浓厚的兴趣。然后，通过追溯斯塔尔的知识发展，本文表明，尽管他在哈勒任职期间仍对嬗变持开放态度，但他对炼金术的疑虑却越来越大。最后，本文表明，斯塔尔为腓特烈·威廉一世国王服务是他后来公开谴责炼金术的一个重要背景。因此，从大学教授到宫廷皇家医生的职业转变分析，揭示了他立场的转变。
