The Scientific Works of Robert Grosseteste, Volume I

NOTE EDITORE

Few figures of the Middle Ages command the attention of so many modern disciplines as Robert Grosseteste (c. 1170-1253). Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science are all areas which his life and thought continue to have significance and to inspire re-interpretation. Accompanied by a series of original commentaries, this new edition of Grosseteste's work, with English translation, draws together the perspectives of modern scientists and medieval specialists. Volume I of a six volume series, Knowing and Speaking presents two of the earliest of Grosseteste's works, the treatises On the Liberal Arts and On the Generation of Sounds. These are accompanied by a significant Middle English treatise on the Seven Liberal Arts whose anonymous fifteenth-century author translated and excerpted passages from Grosseteste's treatises in a re-imagining of their structure and function. Each work is treated separately within the volume, which is constructed in three parts. On the Liberal Arts sets Grosseteste's thoughts on the arts subjects and emphasises moral concerns about the purpose of learning. On the Generation of Sounds builds on the theories and statements of On the Liberal Arts in connection to the production of sound, elaborating the earlier position, relating the generation of sounds to human vocal and speech production.

SOMMARIO

1 - On the Liberal Arts and its Historical Context 2 - The Liberal Arts: Inheritances and Conceptual Frameworks 3 - On the Liberal Arts: Manuscripts 4 - On the Liberal Arts: Translation, Historiography, and Synopsis 5 - The Trivium 6 - The Quadrivium and the Discipline of Music 7 - Aristotle in On the Liberal Arts: An Exploration of Possibilities 8 - The Use of the Stars: Alchemy, Plants, and Medicine 9 - Sounding a Sonativum: On the Generation of Sounds in Historical Context 10 - On the Generation of Sounds: Manuscripts 11 - On the Generation of Sounds: Translation, Historiography, and Synopsis 12 - A Question of the Soul: Augustine, Alfred of Sareshel and John Blund 13 - Aristotle, Priscian, and Isidore 14 - Sound, Movement and the Sonativum 15 - Instrumental Motions: Shaping and Perceiving Speech Sounds 16 - Sound, Light and Cosmic Music: Grosseteste's Commentary on Posterior Analytics and the pseudo-Grossetestian Glosses to Boethius 17 - A Middle English Grosseteste: The Seven Liberal Arts 18 - The Seven Liberal Arts: Commentary and Analysis

AUTORE

Giles E. M. Gasper is Professor of High Medieval History in the Department of History at Durham University. Cecilia Panti is Associate Professor in History of Medieval Philosophy in the Department of Literature, Philosophy, and the History of Art at the University of Rome. Tom McLeish FRS is Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the Centre for Medieval Studies and Humanities Research Centre at the University of York. Hannah E. Smithson is Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology and Tutorial Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198805519
• Dimensioni: 216 x 48.9 x 145 mm Ø 854 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 576