Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language
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Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Download Nature Of The Four Elements Date Of Composition full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Nature Of The Four Elements Date Of Composition ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
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Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 1891 |
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Author | : Mattia Cipriani |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2022-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000599973 |
The Latin Middle Ages were characterised by a vast array of different representations of nature. These conceptualisations of the natural world were developed according to the specific requirements of many different disciplines, with the consequent result of producing a fragmentation of images of nature. Despite this plurality, two main tendencies emerged. On the one hand, the natural world was seen as a reflection of God’s perfection, teleologically ordered and structurally harmonious. On the other, it was also considered as a degraded version of the spiritual realm – a world of impeccable ideas, separate substances, and celestial movers. This book focuses on this tension between order and randomness, and idealisation and reality of nature in the Middle Ages. It provides a cutting-edge profile of the doctrinal and semantic richness of the medieval idea of nature, and also illustrates the structural interconnection among learned and scientific disciplines in the medieval period, stressing the fundamental bond linking together science and philosophy, on the one hand, and philosophy and theology, on the other. This book will appeal to scholars and students alike interested in Medieval European History, Theology, Philosophy, and Science.
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Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2013-06-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3540469958 |
An important purpose of The Handbook of Environmental Chemi- stry is to aid the understanding of distribution and chemi- cal reaction processes which occur in the environment. It is designed to serve as an important source forenvironmental scientists and decision-makers in industry, governmental and regulatory bodies. Volume 1F is dedicated to geosphere interactions, environmental inorganic geochemistry and the evolution of matter and energy. Contents: "Geosphere Inter- actions on a Convecting Planet: Mixing and Separation" by W.S. Fyfe; "Environmental Inorganic Chemistry of the Conti- nental Crust" by H. Puchelt; "Evolution ofMatter and Ener- gy" by M. Taube.
Author | : Emmanuele Vimercati |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2024-11-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1350416290 |
In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c. 490-570 CE) confronts numerous aspects of Aristotle's philosophy and science. Yet the influence of these reinterpretations and critiques remains under-examined. This volume fills this gap by uncovering the considerable impact of Philoponus' natural philosophy in both the medieval and Renaissance periods. Divided into three parts, the first part of the volume introduces central concepts in Philoponus' philosophy. Highlighting the areas of crossover as well as of disagreement with Aristotle, chapters dedicate specific attention to Philoponus' theories of place, matter and vacuum; his ideas of motion; his discussion of the heavens and the fifth element; and his anthropology. This is followed, in parts two and three, by a focus on Philoponus' reception in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance respectively. Shedding light on the scientific ideas circulating in these periods, international experts explore a range of topics from the renewal of Aristotelianism in the Arab world, through the medieval Byzantine and Latin traditions, to Philoponus' appearance in the early works of Galileo. Engaging with a number of Philoponus' key tracts, The Reception of John Philoponus' Natural Philosophy is both a much-needed study of Philoponus' influence and a revealing analysis of how Aristotelian science was received, adapted, critiqued and mediated throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Author | : Joseph Bobik |
Publisher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 1998-03-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0268076332 |
Joseph Bobik offers a translation of Aquinas’s De Principiis Naturae (circa 1252) and De Mixtione Elementorum (1273) accompanied by a continuous commentary, followed by two essays: “Elements in the Composition of Physical Substances” and “The Elements in Aquinas and the Elements Today.” The Principles of Nature introduces the reader to the basic Aristotelian principles such as matter and form, the four causes so fundamental to Aquinas’s philosophy. On Mixture of the Elements examines the question of how the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water) remain within the physical things composed from them.