Isbn: 9781108014427 - the opus majus of roger bacon (cambridge library collection: physical sciences, band 1) (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In Latin.

Zustand: New. Published in 1897, this was the first complete edition of Roger Bacon's influential thirteenth-century encyclopedia of science. Editor(s): Bridges, John Henry. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 608 pages, 25 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720. . 2010. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Roger Bacon, the medieval natural philosopher who broke new ground in promoting scientific method, produced the encyclopedic Opus Majus or 'Greater Work' in the mid-thirteenth century. This 1897 publication in two volumes was the first complete edition of the work to appear in print. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV, the Opus Majus is the most significant and most influential of Bacon's works, containing his observations of the natural world and theories on knowledge acquisition. Bacon's text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter in English, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader. Volume 1 contains the first four parts of Bacon's treatise with sections on 'Wisdom and Truth', 'The connection of Philosophy with Theology', 'The Study of Language', and 'Mathematical Science'.…