Mersenne and the Learning of the Schools

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1988

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Author’s Note on Translations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Humanism and the Implications of Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
3. Dialectic, Probabilism, and “Mitigated Scepticism” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
4. Aristotelian Science and the Metaphysics of Mathematics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
5. Saint Augustine and Universal Harmony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
6. Mechanics, Music, and Harmony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
7. Philosophical Systems, Essentialism, and the Language of Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	170
8. Mersenne’s Later Career: A Philosophical Agenda and Its Limitations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
9. Summary and Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	239
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261

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9781501734007

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288

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2 b&w photographs, 10 illustrations

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501734007

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