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On the Threshold of Exact Science : Selected Writings of Anneliese Meier on Late Medieval 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 philosop...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maier, Annelise
Other Authors: Sargent, Steven D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Bibliographical Notes and Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • One. The Nature of Motion
  • Two. Causes, Forces, and Resistance
  • Three. The Concept of the Function in Fourteenth-Century Physics
  • Four. The Significance of the Theory of Impetus for Scholastic Natural Philosophy
  • Five. Galileo and the Scholastic Theory of Impetus
  • Six. The Theory of the Elements and the Problem of Their Participation in Compounds
  • Seven. The Achievements of Late Scholastic Natural Philosophy
  • Index
  • The Middle Ages.