Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2 / / Roger Bacon.
The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (c.1214-92) is one of the most influential scientific and philosophical texts of its age and arguably the high point of medieval knowledge of the physical sciences. In the work Bacon makes a plea for the reform of education, emphasizing the rightful role of the sciences...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1928 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (878 p.) :; 8 illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part One: Causes of Error -- Part Two: Philosophy -- Part Three: Study of Tongues -- First Distinction -- Second Distinction -- Third Distinction -- Fourth Distinction -- Fifth Distinction -- Sixth Distinction -- Seventh Distinction -- Eighth Distinction -- Ninth Distinction -- Tenth Distinction -- Second Part of Perspective -- Part Three of Perspective -- Part Six: Experimental Science -- Part Seven: Moral Philosophy -- Index |
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Summary: | The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (c.1214-92) is one of the most influential scientific and philosophical texts of its age and arguably the high point of medieval knowledge of the physical sciences. In the work Bacon makes a plea for the reform of education, emphasizing the rightful role of the sciences in the university curriculum and the interdependence of the various disciplines.Prepared in 1267 at the request of Pope Clement IV, the treatise is a collection of ideas, an encyclopedia of knowledge embracing all science, including language, logic, optics, mathematics, moral philosophy, and physics. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512814064 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512814064 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Roger Bacon. |