Translated into English for the first time, the writings of the twentieth-century scholar Annelise Maier on late medieval natural philosophy are here made accessible to a broader audience. The seven... Read More
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Translated into English for the first time, the writings of the twentieth-century scholar Annelise Maier on late medieval natural philosophy are here made accessible to a broader audience. The seven selections represent both Maier's earlier and later works. Her perceptions as a trained philosopher, coupled with her familiarity with the full range of primary source material, result in these rare insights into the historical importance of medieval science.
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- Price: $95.00
- Pages: 192
- Carton Quantity: 34
- Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Colle
- Series: Anniversary Collection
- Publication Date: 29th March 1982
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9780812278316
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval
HISTORY / Medieval
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Table of Contents
The nature of motion
Causes, forces, and resistance
The concept of the function in fourteenth-century physics
The significance of the theory of impetus for Scholastic natural philosophy
Galileo and the Scholastic theory of impetus
The theory of the elements and the problem of their participation in compounds
The achievements of late Scholastic natural philosophy
Translated into English for the first time, the writings of the twentieth-century scholar Annelise Maier on late medieval natural philosophy are here made accessible to a broader audience. The seven selections represent both Maier's earlier and later works. Her perceptions as a trained philosopher, coupled with her familiarity with the full range of primary source material, result in these rare insights into the historical importance of medieval science.
- Price: $95.00
- Pages: 192
- Carton Quantity: 34
- Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Colle
- Series: Anniversary Collection
- Publication Date: 29th March 1982
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9780812278316
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval
HISTORY / Medieval
The nature of motion
Causes, forces, and resistance
The concept of the function in fourteenth-century physics
The significance of the theory of impetus for Scholastic natural philosophy
Galileo and the Scholastic theory of impetus
The theory of the elements and the problem of their participation in compounds
The achievements of late Scholastic natural philosophy