| Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2 Contributor(s): Bacon, Roger (Author), Burke, Robert Belle (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1512809993 ISBN-13: 9781512809992 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $94.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2028 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of January 29, 2028 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Science | History |
| Physical Information: 2.13" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (3.35 lbs) 878 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (c.1214-92) is one of the most influential scientific and philosophical texts of its age and arguably the high point of medieval knowledge of the physical sciences. In the work Bacon makes a plea for the reform of education, emphasizing the rightful role of the sciences in the university curriculum and the interdependence of the various disciplines. Prepared in 1267 at the request of Pope Clement IV, the treatise is a collection of ideas, an encyclopedia of knowledge embracing all science, including language, logic, optics, mathematics, moral philosophy, and physics. |