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Book Description Paperback. 478pp. Text in Latin and English. Small ink signature, lightly sunned cover, corners lightly bumped else very good plus condition with text clean and unmarked and binding sound. Seller Inventory # 223208
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Gut. 478 p.: graphs. Die Broschur ist etwas berieben und ausgeblichen und im Vorsatz befindet sich eine kleine Bleistiftmarkierung. Sonst aber ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ The brochure is a little rubbed and faded and there is a small pencil mark in the endpaper. Otherwise a very good and clean copy. - CONTENT: An Overview Oresme's Other Writings on Astrology, Magic, and Marvels The Textual Tradition of De causis mirabilium The Quodlibeta and Its Parts The Questio contra divinatores Quodlibetal Literature in General The Tabula problematum or Series of Single Questions . The Received Version of the Text The Date of Composition The Structure of De causis and its Major Theme: Rationes plurium mirabilium The Organization of This Treatise Explaining Marvels Naturalistically Precedents for Naturalizing Marvels Mirabilia as Events Without Known Causes Mirabilia Explained - Before and After Oresme Overlooked Causes and Perceptual Errors The Character of Oresme's Arguments, Explanations, and Personal Observations Perspectiva, Visual Theory, and Sensation Issues Touching Theology and Faith Philosophy versus Theology God's Absolute and Ordained Powers Causality Nominalism Sentences Commentaries The Use of Oresme's De causis by Later Authors A. Jean Gerson . Friar Claude's De his quae mundo mirabiliter eventual . Editorial Procedures Description of the Manuscripts The Text Abbreviations Used in the Apparatus The Translation and the Commentary Text and Translation Prologue Chapter One: On the Causes of Marvels Involving Vision Chapter Two: On Apparent Marvels in the Hearing of Sound . . Chapter Three: On Marvels Involving Touch and Taste and their Causes Chapter Four: On Marvels Involving the Operations of the Soul and Body Recapitulation r Appendix A: Tabula problematum Appendix B: Correlation of Manuscript Folios with this Edition. ISBN 9780888440686 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1080. Seller Inventory # 1227312