Roger Bacon

Author : Nicola Polloni,Yael Kedar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000377705

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The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon by Nicola Polloni,Yael Kedar Pdf

The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon offers new insights and research perspectives on one of the most intriguing characters of the Middle Ages, Roger Bacon. At the intersections between science and philosophy, the volume analyses central aspects of Bacon’s reflections on how nature and society can be perfected. The volume dives into the intertwining of Bacon’s philosophical stances on nature, substantial change, and hylomorphism with his scientific discussion of music, alchemy, and medicine. The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon also investigates Bacon’s projects of education reform and his epistemological and theological ground maintaining that humans and God are bound by wisdom, and therefore science. Finally, the volume examines how Bacon’s doctrines are related to a wider historical context, particularly in consideration of Peter John Olivi, John Pecham, Peter of Ireland, and Robert Grosseteste. The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon is a crucial tool for scholars and students working in the history of philosophy and science and also for a broader audience interested in Roger Bacon and his long-lasting contribution to the history of ideas.

Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Constable
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472112125

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Roger Bacon by Brian Clegg Pdf

Back in thirteenth-century Europe, in the early years of the great universities, learning was spiced with the danger of mob violence and a terrifyingly repressive religious censorship. Roger Bacon, a humble and devout English friar, seems an unlikely figure to challenge the orthodoxy of his day - yet he risked his life to establish the basis for true knowledge. Born c.1220, Bacon was passionately interested in the natural world and how things worked. Such dangerous topics were vetoed by his Order, and it was only when a new Pope proved sympathetic that he began compiling his encyclopaedia on everything from optics to alchemy - the synopsis took a year and ran to 800,000 words and he was never to complete the work itself. Sadly, the enlightened Pope died, and Bacon was tried as a magician and incarcerated for ten years. Legend transformed Bacon into a sorcerer, 'Doctor Mirabilis', yet he taught that all magic was based on fraud, and his books were the first flowering of the scientific thinking that would transform our world. He advanced the understanding of optics, made geographical breakthroughs later used by Columbus, predicted everything from horseless carriages to the telescope, and stressed the importance of mathematics to science, a significance ignored for 400 years. His biggest contribution was to insist that a study of the natural world by observation and exact measurement was the surest foundation for truth. Clegg uncovers the realities of life in a medieval university and friary, setting out the shadowy facts of Bacon's life alongside his writings. The result is both a fascinating biography and a picture of the age.

Author : Hackett
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004444812

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Roger Bacon and the Sciences by Hackett Pdf

This volume deals with the philosophy and thought of Roger Bacon. It is an effort to bring Roger Bacon studies up to date. Attention is given to a wide range of topics: Bacon's life and works, Bacon's contribution to the trivium (language studies) and the quadrivium (scientific-mathematical studies), his notion of a science, his moral philosophy, Bacon's contribution to medicine, alchemy, astrology, Bacon's positions in physics and metaphysics, an up dated bibliography of Bacon studies and a review of the state of Bacon Manuscripts. The volume situates Roger Bacon in the context of 13th century philosophy and thought, as well as demonstrating his importance for later thinkers. It is expected that it will be a major new contribution to Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Author : Roger Bacon
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39076002135395

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Roger Bacon's Philosophy of Nature by Roger Bacon Pdf

Author : Amanda Power
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521885225

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Roger Bacon and the Defence of Christendom by Amanda Power Pdf

A revisionist study of Roger Bacon, examining his writings in the context of his commitment to the medieval Church.

Author : Roger Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005005215

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The ʻOpus Majus' of Roger Bacon by Roger Bacon Pdf

Author : Meagan S. Allen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031128981

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Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human, 1220-1292 by Meagan S. Allen Pdf

This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon’s (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine, and how this interest connected with the thirteenth-century milieu in which he was writing. Though twelfth-century Latin alchemy had largely been concerned with transmuting base metals into noble ones, Bacon believed that the natural principles taught in alchemy would be better used in medicine. In an age where many physicians were theorizing about ways to prevent the effects of aging, Bacon held that combining alchemy and humoral medicine would allow one to extend their life by decades, even centuries. By examining Bacon’s alchemical, medical, and mathematical works, this book argues that Bacon combined a number of sources to create a unique plan for prolonging human life. His understanding of disease and aging was ultimately Galenic in nature, and his understanding of how pharmaceuticals work can be traced back to his mathematical theories, especially that of the multiplication of species. The book provides a new system for organizing Bacon’s alchemically-produced medicines, and explains what Bacon saw as the difference between each, and how they could have different physiological effects. Bacon is situated within the thirteenth-century contexts in which he was writing – that of the university-educated and newly professionalized medical practitioners, who were invested in finding ways to extend human life; and the Franciscan order, with their understanding of the innate goodness of the physical body, the resurrection, and corporeal union with God. Filling a major lacuna in scholarship on the history of medieval medical writings, this book provides vital reading for historians of medicine, pre- and early modern European science, and medieval philosophy and religion.

Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0198239920

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Perspectiva by David C. Lindberg Pdf

David Lindberg presents the first critical edition of the text of Roger Bacon's classic work Perspectiva, prepared from Latin manuscripts, accompanied by a facing-page English translation, critical notes, and a full study of the text. Also included is an analysis of Bacon's sources, influence, and role in the emergence of the discipline of perspectiva.

Author : Roger Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1597
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : CORNELL:31924012393611

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The Mirror of Alchimy by Roger Bacon Pdf

Author : Roger 1214?-1294 Bacon,Roger 1214?-1294 Opus Tertium Bacon,A G (Andrew George) 1863-1 Little
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019702680

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Part of the Opus Tertium of Roger Bacon, Including a Fragment Now Printed for the First Time by Roger 1214?-1294 Bacon,Roger 1214?-1294 Opus Tertium Bacon,A G (Andrew George) 1863-1 Little Pdf

This book is a collection of writings by the English philosopher and Franciscan friar Roger Bacon. It includes a fragment of his Opus Tertium, which had never been published before. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the most important figures in Western philosophy and science, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Roger Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1683
Category : Aging
ISBN : UCSD:31822038208153

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The Cure of Old Age, and Preservation of Youth by Roger Bacon Pdf

Author : David C. Lindberg,G. N. Cantor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Geometrical optics
ISBN : UOM:39015017232375

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The Discourse of Light from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment by David C. Lindberg,G. N. Cantor Pdf

Author : Roger Bacon
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1511758252

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Four Works of Roger Bacon by Roger Bacon Pdf

Roger Bacon ((1210 to 1215?)-1294) was an English Alchemist and Philosopher during the Middle Ages who insisted on conducting his own experiments and observing the results, as opposed to depending upon the writings of others. Hans Nintzel selected these four works for inclusion in the R.A.M.S. Library: Radix Mundi The Mirrour of Alchimy The Oil of Antimony Miracles of Art, Nature and Magick

Author : Roger Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 0888443048

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On Signs by Roger Bacon Pdf

Roger Bacon's 'Opus maius' represents an attempt to create a whole new vision of what Christian education should be, one centered on service to the Church. In the second chapter of Part 3 of this work he presents a semiotics with several original features as a partial hermeneutic for studying the scriptures and sacraments. It distinguishes itself in offering a non-Augustinian definition of signs and maps out their logical and natural functions. Bacon spells out numerous ways in which words equivocate, distinguishes between analogy and equivocation, classifies five degrees of equivocation, and comes up with a new notion of analogical signification. Words, he claims, originally were imposed only for existing things and, in contrast with the majority opinion, name directly the things for which they are imposed and not the latter's concepts. When a name signifies a thing, he says, it also co-signifies anything logically or naturally connected with that thing - its concept, its genus, the thing's matter and form, its Creator, and so on.

Author : Andrew George Little
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : UOM:39015026090277

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Roger Bacon Essays by Andrew George Little Pdf