Le métier de prédicateur selon Huarte de San Juan

The perfect preacher has the mission to produce the truth of the divine word. In this person, memory, imagination, and understanding are reconciled, even though these faculties appear antagonistic. Continuing a long medical-philosophical tradition, Huarte asserts that melancholy is an indicator of genius, and he therefore presents Saint Paul, in whom imagination and understanding are combined, as the model preacher.