Arithmetic in the Thought of Gerbert of Aurillac - Couverture rigide

Otisk

 
9783631858165: Arithmetic in the Thought of Gerbert of Aurillac
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3631858167 ISBN 13 : 9783631858165
Editeur : Peter Lang, 2022

Synopsis

The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical (philosophy of numbers) and practical (counting) arithmetic. The book represents the comprehensive inquiry of both these aspects of arithmetic in his thought. The analysed sources are Gerbert's so-called scientific letters written to his friends, colleagues or pupils, and also including some of his other texts. On this basis, attention is paid to arithmetic as the mother of all sciences and as the path to wisdom (e.g., the so-called Saltus Gerberti, relation between arithmetic and other disciplines of the quadrivium, etc.) and also to practical arithmetic (e.g., the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals and the re-introduction of a new form of abacus to the Latin Christian West).

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À propos de l?auteur

Marek Otisk is Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava. His research interest is focused on medieval philosophy, especially the metaphysics, dialectics (logic), mathematics or astronomy(natural philosophy) in the 10th and 11th centuries (for example Gerbert of Aurillac or Anselm of Canterbury).

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Éditeur
Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3631858167
ISBN 13 
9783631858165
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
242
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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