Redi, F. (English spelling) RediF

Japanese: Redi,F.(英語表記)RediF
Redi, F. (English spelling) RediF

…Aristotle recognized the spontaneous generation of eels, and no one denied spontaneous generation until modern times. In the 17th century, F. Redi (1629-97) experimentally denied the spontaneous generation of maggots, and the spontaneous generation of insects, which seemed possible, was subsequently denied, and in the second half of the 17th century spontaneous generation came to be considered impossible. The background to this was a view of nature that held that the order of the natural world was unchanging after God's creation of the heavens and the earth, and that the species of living things were fixed. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Redi, F." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…アリストテレスはウナギの自然発生を認めていたし,近代に入るまで自然発生を否定する人はいなかった。17世紀にレディF.Redi(1629‐97)は,蛆(うじ)の自然発生を実験的に否定し,それにつづき昆虫などのありそうに思われた自然発生が否定されたことにより,17世紀後半には,自然発生はないとされるようになった。この背景には,神の天地創造以降は自然界の秩序は不変で,生物の種は固定しているとする自然観があった。…

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