Aether Science Middle Ages (1 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. According toancient and medieval science, aether (Greek ¿¿¿¿¿ aith¿r), also spelledæther or ether, is the material that fills the region of the Universeabove the terrestrial sphere. The word ¿¿¿¿¿ (aith¿r) in Homeric Greekmeans 'pure, fresh air' or 'clear sky', imagined in Greek mythology tobe the pure essence where the gods lived and which they breathedanalogous to the air breathed by mortals (also personified as a deityAether, the son of Erebus and Nyx). It corresponds to the concept of(akasha) in Hindu philosophy and is linked to Brihaspati (or the planetJupiter) and the center direction of the compass. It is related to ¿¿¿¿'to incinerate', also intransitive 'to burn, to shine' (related is thename Aithiopes (Ethiopians)), meaning 'people with a burnt (black)visage'.…