The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
(Author)
John Henry Bridges
(Editor)
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Description
Roger Bacon, the medieval natural philosopher who broke new ground in promoting scientific method, produced the encyclopedic Opus Majus or 'Greater Work' in the mid-thirteenth century. This 1897 publication in two volumes was the first complete edition of the work to appear in print. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV, the Opus Majus is the most significant and most influential of Bacon's works, containing his observations of the natural world and theories on knowledge acquisition. Bacon's text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter in English, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader. Volume 1 contains the first four parts of Bacon's treatise with sections on 'Wisdom and Truth', 'The connection of Philosophy with Theology', 'The Study of Language', and 'Mathematical Science'.
Product Details
Price
$88.54
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publish Date
July 01, 2010
Pages
608
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 1.23 inches | 1.53 pounds
Language
Latin
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781108014427
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In volume this is a 13 page manuscript. The additional pages are for notebook style pages annotating your work.