The age of two-faced Janus : : the comets of 1577 and 1618 and the decline of the Aristotelian world view in the Netherlands / / by Tabitta van Nouhuys.

This volume deals with the tracts, Latin and vernacular, published in the Netherlands on the comets of 1577 and 1618. Central to the book is the question how these cometary appearances influenced the Aristotelian world view. Three introductory chapters on the historiography of cometology and the nat...

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Superior document:Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 89
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 89.
Physical Description:1 online resource (614 pages)
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