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Author:   Hackett
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   57
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.976kg
ISBN:  

9789004100152

ISBN 10:   9004100156
Pages:   439
Publication Date:   01 October 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Roger Bacon: His Life, Career and Works Jeremiah Hackett 2. Roger Bacon's Attitude Toward the Latin Translations and Translators of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Richard Lemay 3. Roger Bacon on the Classification of th eSciences Jeremiah Hackett 4. Roger Bacon and Grammar Irene Rosier-Catach 5. Roger Bacon et la logique Alain De Libera 6. Roger Baconon Rhetoric and Petics Jeremiah Hackett 7. Roger Bacon's knowledge of Mathematics George Molland 8. Roger Bacon on Astronomy-Astrology: The Sources of the Scientia Experimentalis Jeremiah Hackett 9. Roger Bacon on geography and cartography David Wood and Herbert M. Howe 10. Roger Bacon on Music Nancy van Dreusden 11. Roger Bacon on Ligt, Vision, and the Universal Emanation of Force David C. Lindberg 12. Roger Bacon on Scientia Experimentalis Jeremiah Hackett 13. An Overview of Roger Bacon's Alchemy William R. Newman 14. Roger Bacon and MEdicine: The Paradox of the Forbidden Fruit and the Secrets of Long Life Faye Getz 15. Roger Bacon and the Secret of Secrets Steven J. Williams 16. Roger Bacon bibliography (1985-1995) Thomas S. Maloney 17. Epilogue: Roger Bacon's Moral Science Jeremiah Hackett Indices List of Authors

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Jeremiah M.G. Hackett, B.A., M.Phil. (Dublin), M.S.L., Ph.D. (Toronto, 1983) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He has published on Roger Bacon, on 13th century Philosophy and on 14th century German Mysticism. He is editor of Medieval Philosophers (Dictionary of Literary Biography, 1995).

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