Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (1694). Anglistica and Americana 12.

Wotton, William:

Published by Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968

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359 p. Das Exemplar ist in tadellosem Zustand und neuwertig. The copy is in mint condition and as good as new. - CONTENTS. - Eneral Reflections upon the G Chap. 1. State of the Question - Chap. 2. Of the Moral and Political Knowledge of the Ancients and Moderns - Chap. 3. Of Ancient and Modern Eloquence and Poefie - Chap. 4. Reflections upon Monfieur Per- rault's Hypothefis, That Modern Orators and Poets are more excellent than Ancient - Chap. 5. Of Ancient and Modern Grammar - Chap. 6. Of Ancient and Modern Archite- Eture, Statuary, and Painting - Chap. 7. General Reflections relating to the following Chapters: With an Account of Sir William Temple's Hypothesis of the History of Learning - Chap. 8. Of the Learning of Pythagoras, and the most Ancient Philosophers of Greece - Chap. 9. Of the History and Mathematicks of the Ancient Egyptians - Chap. 10. Of the Natural Philosophy, Medicine and Alchemy of the Ancient Egyptians - Chap. 11. Of the Learning of the Ancient Chaldeans and Arabians - Chap. 12. Of the Learning of the Chinefes - Chap. 13. Of the Logick and Metaphyficks of the Ancient Greeks - Chap. 14. Of Ancient and Modern Geometry and Arithmetick - Chap. 15. Of several Instruments invented by the Moderns, which have helped to advance Learning - Chap. 16. Of Ancient and Modern Chymistry - Chap. 17. Of Ancient and Modern Anatomy - Chap. 18. Of the Circulation of the Blood - Chap. 19. Further Reflections upon An- cient and Modern Anatomy - Chap. 20. Of Ancient and Modern Natural Histories of Elementary Bodies and Minerals - Chap. 21. Of Ancient and Modern Hiftories of Plants - Chap. 22. Of Ancient and Modern Histo- ries of Animals - Chap. 23. Of Ancient and Modern Astronomy, and Opticks - Chap. 24. Of Ancient and Modern Mufick - Chap. 25. Of Ancient and Modern Phyfick - Chap. 26. Of Ancient and Modern Natural Philosophy - Chap. 27. Of the Philological Learning of the Moderns - Chap. 28. Of the Theological Learning of the Moderns - Chap. 29. Reflections upon the Reasons of the Decay of Modern Learning, affigned by Sir William Temple. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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• Title: Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (1694). Anglistica and Americana 12.
• Publisher: Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung
• Publication Date: 1968
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover.
• Condition: Wie neu
• Weight: 550 grams
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