From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe
From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe

Author: Alexandre Koyré

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13:

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From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe by Alexandre Koyré is a profound exploration of the transition in scientific thought from the Middle Ages to the modern era. The book offers a detailed analysis of the philosophical and intellectual shifts that led to the conception of an infinite universe.

Secrets of the Zodiac
Secrets of the Zodiac

Author: Michele Finey

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 1458763366

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The zodiac is a life map - all you need do is follow the signs. Life's a whole lot easier when you know where you are going, what you are capable of, and what's likely to trip you up. In Secrets of the Zodiac you'll discover why you are the person you are, and all about your life mission. Find out what makes you tick, why some things are second nature to you, and why you repeat the same mistakes time and again. What do you most need to learn, and what can you teach others? Discover how other zodiac signs see the world and where their strengths, fragilities, and potentials lie. Accessible and inspiring, Secrets of the Zodiac gives you real insights into how to get the most out of your life and relationships so you can celebrate your very real gifts to the world. Passionate about life and self development, Michele Finey has been an astrologer for almost 30 years and works as a professional astrologer, writer and hypnotherapist.

Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622
Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622

Author: Ernest R. Holloway III

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-06-22

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 900420962X

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The intellectual legacy of Andrew Melville (1545-1622) as a leader of the Renaissance and a promoter of humanism in Scotland has been obscured by "the Melville legend." In an effort to dispense with 'the Melville of popular imagination' and recover 'the Melville of history,' this work situates his life and thought within the broader context of the northern European Renaissance and French humanism and critically re-evaluates the primary historical documents of the period, namely James Melville's Autobiography and Diary and the Melvini epistolae. By considering Melville as a humanist, university reformer, ecclesiastical statesman, and man, an effort has been made to determine his contribution to the flowering of the Renaissance and the growth of humanism in Scotland during the early modern period.

Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Author: Jason König

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-10-17

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 1107038235

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Jason Konig and Greg Woolf; Part I. Classical Encyclopaedism: 2. Encyclopaedism in the Roman Empire Jason Konig and Greg Woolf; 3. Encyclopaedism in the Alexandrian Library Myrto Hatzimichali; 4. Labores pro bono publico: the burdensome mission of Pliny's Natural History Mary Beagon; 5. Encyclopaedias of virtue? Collections of sayings and stories about wise men in Greek Teresa Morgan; 6. Plutarch's corpus of Quaestiones in the tradition of imperial Greek encyclopaedism Katerina Oikonomopoulou; 7. Artemidorus' Oneirocritica as fragmentary encyclopaedia Daniel Harris-McCoy; 8. Encyclopaedias and autocracy: Justinian's Encyclopaedia of Roman law Jill Harries; 9. Late Latin encyclopaedism: towards a new paradigm of practical knowledge Marco Formisano; Part II. Medieval Encyclopaedism: 10. Byzantine encyclopaedism of the ninth and tenth centuries Paul Magdalino; 11. The imperial systematisation of the past in Constantinople: Constantine VII and his Historical Excerpts Andres Nemeth; 12. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam: Joseph Rhakendys' synopsis of Byzantine learning Erika Gielen; 13. Shifting horizons: the medieval compilation of knowledge as mirror of a changing world Elizabeth Keen; 14. Isidore's Etymologies: on words and things Andrew Merrills; 15. Loose Giblets: encyclopaedic sensibilities of ordinatio and compilatio in later medieval English literary culture and the sad case of Reginald Pecock Ian Johnson; 16. Why was the fourteenth century a century of Arabic encyclopaedism? Elias Muhanna; 17. Opening up a world of knowledge: Mamluk encyclopaedias and their readers Maaike van Berkel; Part III. Renaissance Encyclopaedism: 18. Revisiting Renaissance encyclopaedism Ann Blair; 19. Philosophy and the Renaissance encyclpaedia: some observations D.C. Andersson; 20. Reading 'Pliny's Ape' in the Renaissance: the Polyhistor of Cai++.

A Companion to Astrology in the Renaissance
A Companion to Astrology in the Renaissance

Author: Brendan Dooley

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-01-02

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 900426230X

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It has been called “the most singular centaur that religion and science have ever produced” (Franz Boll). Astrology as a cultural form has puzzled and fascinated generations of humankind. It reached its apogee in the European Renaissance, when it flourished in literature, political expression, medicine, art, and all the other areas of endeavor catalogued in this unique collection. Brill’s Companion to Renaissance Astrology brings together a wide array of expertise from around the globe to explain the method and matter of this cultural form, including the Arab and Classical heritage, the medieval tradition, the clash with organized religion, the influence on knowledge and the competition with newly emerging ways of knowing, summarizing the current state of research and suggesting new paths. Contributors include: Giuseppe Bezza, Dieter Blume, Claudia Brosseder, Brendan Dooley, William Eamon, Ornella Faracovi, Hiro Hirai, Wolfgang Hübner, Eileen Reeves, Steven Vanden Broecke, and Graziella Federici Vescovini.