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Wonders and the order of nature, 1150-1750


Door


Uittreksel

The authors explore the ways in which European naturalists, from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, used oddities and marvels to envision and explain the world.

Inhoud

The topography of wonder -- The properties of things -- Wonder among the philosophers -- Marvelous particulars -- Monsters : a case study -- Strange facts -- Wonders of art, wonders of nature -- The passions of inquiry -- The enlightenment and the anti-marvelous.

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Uitgever

  • Uitgave

    New York: Zone Books, 2001

  • Jaar


Gaat over

  • Onderwerp

  • Periode

    • 1700 - 1799
    • 1150-1750

Type

  • Taal


Classificatie

  • ISBN

    • 0942299914
    • 9780942299915

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