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 theorieson knowledge acquisition. Bacon’s text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter inEnglish, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader. The book covers theology, language and mathematics, optics, experimentalscience, and moral philosophy. This reissue also incorporates a later supplement containing additional material and corrections. INDICE: Volume 1: Part I. The Four General Causes of Human Ignorance; PartII. The Connexion of Philosophy with Theology; Part III. The Study of Language; Part IV. Mathematical Science. Volume 2: Part V. Optics; Part VI. Experimental Science; Part VII. Moral Philosophy: Analysis of the Multiplication of Species; Index; Addenda and corrigenda.
- ISBN: 978-1-108-01445-8
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 1388
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 2
- Idioma: Inglés