Mersenne and the Learning of the Schools / / Peter R. Dear.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1988 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 2 b&w photographs, 10 illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Note on Translations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Humanism and the Implications of Rhetoric -- 3. Dialectic, Probabilism, and “Mitigated Scepticism” -- 4. Aristotelian Science and the Metaphysics of Mathematics -- 5. Saint Augustine and Universal Harmony -- 6. Mechanics, Music, and Harmony -- 7. Philosophical Systems, Essentialism, and the Language of Philosophy -- 8. Mersenne’s Later Career: A Philosophical Agenda and Its Limitations -- 9. Summary and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501734007 9783110536171 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501734007 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Peter R. Dear. |