Roger Bacon's Mathematics: Demonstrative System and Metaphysics in the Communia Mathematica
In 'Communia Mathematica' Roger Bacon (ca. 1214-1294) sketches why and how mathematics can be useful, or useless, for all other sciences, including metaphysics and theology. Bacon's work provides a synthesis of mathematical notions, essentially selected from the Elements by Euclid. In...
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| Language: | English |
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Institution
[2017]
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Franciscan studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 75, Pages: 407-421 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages VA Philosophy |
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