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oapen-20.500.12657-497662021-07-06T13:54:59Z Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis Panzica, Aurora Philosophy of science bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science Nicole Oresme was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the fourteenth century. He is best known for his mathematical discoveries, his economic theories, as well as his vernacular translations of cosmological and ethical texts that were undertaken at the request of King Charles V. This volume sheds light on the beginning of Oresme's scientific activity at the University of Paris (ca. 1340 – ca. 1350), a period of his intellectual career about which little is known. Over the course of this decade, Oresme lectured on many Aristotelian texts on natural philosophy, such as the Physics, On the Heavens, On generation and corruption, Meteorology, and On the Soul. Oresme's commentaries on Aristotle's Meteorology count among his only unpublished texts. This volume presents the first critical edition of books I-II.10 of the second redaction of Oresme's Questions on Meteorology. The edition is preceded by a historical and philological introduction that discusses the context of Oresme’s scientific career and examines the manuscript tradition. Readership: All interested in the history of Medieval Philosophy and in the reception of Aristotle’s Meteorology in the Latin West. 2021-07-06T13:01:58Z 2021-07-06T13:01:58Z 2021 book ONIX_20210706_9789004461406_18 9789004461406 9789004463103 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49766 eng Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9789004463103.pdf https://brill.com/abstract/title/59852 Brill 10.1163/9789004463103 10.1163/9789004463103 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004461406 9789004463103 32 300 open access
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Nicole Oresme was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the fourteenth century. He is best known for his mathematical discoveries, his economic theories, as well as his vernacular translations of cosmological and ethical texts that were undertaken at the request of King Charles V. This volume sheds light on the beginning of Oresme's scientific activity at the University of Paris (ca. 1340 – ca. 1350), a period of his intellectual career about which little is known. Over the course of this decade, Oresme lectured on many Aristotelian texts on natural philosophy, such as the Physics, On the Heavens, On generation and corruption, Meteorology, and On the Soul. Oresme's commentaries on Aristotle's Meteorology count among his only unpublished texts. This volume presents the first critical edition of books I-II.10 of the second redaction of Oresme's Questions on Meteorology. The edition is preceded by a historical and philological introduction that discusses the context of Oresme’s scientific career and examines the manuscript tradition. Readership: All interested in the history of Medieval Philosophy and in the reception of Aristotle’s Meteorology in the Latin West.
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