Before Science: The Invention of the Friars' Natural Philosophy - Couverture rigide

French, Roger; Cunningham, Andrew

 
9781859282878: Before Science: The Invention of the Friars' Natural Philosophy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1859282873 ISBN 13 : 9781859282878
Editeur : Scolar Press, 1996

Synopsis

The opposition of science and religion is a recent phenomenon; in the middle ages, and indeed until the middle of the nineteenth century, there was almost no conflict. In the Middle Ages the objective study of nature - the activity we now call science - was largely the province of religious men. This book looks at the origins of western science and the central role played by the Dominican and Franciscan friars. It explains why these two groups devoted so much intellectual effort to the study of physical and biological phenomena, and distinguishes 'Natural Philosophy' from 'science' as presently understood. Though the friars were recognisably 'scientific' in their approach their motives were religious - they wished to understand the mind of God and the beauty of God's nature. Even so, as this study makes clear, the roots of western science lie in the monasteries and refuges of the medieval friars - the direct forebears of the anti-scientific Popes of the age of Copernicus and Galileo.

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À propos de l?auteur

Roger French, Andrew Cunningham

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Éditeur
Scolar Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1859282873
ISBN 13 
9781859282878
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
312
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Personne responsable
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