ArgumentNineteenth-century Prussia was deeply entrenched in philhellenism, which affected the ideological framework of its public institutions. At Berlin’s Friedrich Wilhelm University, philhellenism provided the rationale for a persistent elevation of the humanities over the burgeoning experimental life sciences. Despite this outspoken hierarchy, professor of physiology Emil du Bois-Reymond eventually managed to increase the prestige of his discipline considerably. We argue that du Bois-Reymond’s use of philhellenic repertoires in his expositions on physiology for the educated German public contributed to the rise of physiology as a renowned scientific discipline. Du Bois-Reymond’s rhetorical strategies helped to disassociate experimental physiology from clinical medicine, legitimize experimental practices, and associate the emerging discipline with the more esteemed humanities and theoretical sciences. His appropriation of philhellenic rhetoric thus spurred the late nineteenth-century change in disciplinary hierarchies and helped to pave the way for the current hegemonic position of the life sciences.

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十九世纪后期的生理学和希腊化：埃米尔·杜布瓦-雷蒙德的自我塑造

争论 19 世纪的普鲁士深陷亲希腊主义，影响了其公共机构的意识形态框架。在柏林的弗里德里希威廉大学，爱希腊主义为人文学科持续提升到新兴的实验生命科学提供了理由。尽管这种直言不讳的等级制度，生理学教授埃米尔·杜布瓦-雷蒙德最终还是设法大大提高了他学科的声望。我们认为，du Bois-Reymond 在他为受过教育的德国公众进行的生理学论述中使用了 philhellenic 曲目，这有助于生理学作为一门著名的科学学科的兴起。Du Bois-Reymond 的修辞策略有助于将实验生理学与临床医学分离，使实验实践合法化，并将新兴学科与更受推崇的人文和理论科学联系起来。因此，他对 philhellenic 修辞的挪用刺激了 19 世纪后期学科等级的变化，并为生命科学当前的霸权地位铺平了道路。