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The 'Arabick' Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England

Categorie	Filosofie
Boeknummer	#229127
Titel	The 'Arabick' Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England
Auteur	Russell, G.A. (edited by)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Leiden/New York/Koln, E.J. Brill
Jaar van uitgave	1994
ISBN10	9004098887
ISBN13	9789004098886
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Brill's Studies in Intellectual History - Volume 47.
Samenvatting	The 'Arabick' Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England deals with the remarkably widespread interest in Arabic in seventeenth-century England among Biblical scholars and theologians, natural philosophers and Fellows of the Royal Society, and others. It led to the institutionalisation of Arabic studies at Oxford and Cambridge Universities where Arabic chairs were set up, and immense manuscript collections were established and utilised. Fourteen historians examine the extent and sources of this Arabic interest in areas ranging from religion, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, philosophy, philology, and alchemy to botany. Arabic is shown to have been a significant component of the rise of Protestant intellectual tradition and the evolution of secular scholarship at u... (Lees verder)niversities.
Pagina's	320
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 125,00

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