The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon by John Henry Bridges

The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon by John Henry Bridges

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This 1897 two-volume edition of Roger Bacon's ground-breaking thirteenth-century encyclopedia of science was the first complete printed edition. Bacon's text appears here in the original Latin, and Bridges provides ample supplementary material in English, including an introduction, analytical table, footnotes, and analysis of each chapter.

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The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon by John Henry Bridges

Roger Bacon, the medieval natural philosopher who broke new ground in promoting scientific method, produced the encyclopedic Opus Majus or 'Greater Work' in the mid-thirteenth century. This 1897 publication in two volumes was the first complete edition of the work to appear in print. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV, the Opus Majus is the most significant and most influential of Bacon's works, containing his observations of the natural world and theories on knowledge acquisition. Bacon's text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter in English, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader. Volume 2 contains the last three parts of Bacon's treatise, on Optics, Experimental Science, and Moral Philosophy. This volume also incorporates a later supplement containing additional material and corrections.
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ISBN 13 9781108014434
ISBN 10 1108014437
Titre The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon
Auteur John Henry Bridges
Série Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Cambridge University Press
Année de publication 2010-07-01
Nombre de pages 784
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