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Title Knowing nature in early modern Europe / edited by David Beck
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Warwick series in the humanities ; no. 5
Warwick series in the humanities ; no. 5.
Contents pt. 1. Unity and the investigation of nature -- pt. 2. God's two books -- pt. 3. Imagination and reality : time, zoology and memory
Summary Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with 'knowledge' being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study from a different area of knowledge
Notes "First published 2015 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-224) and index
Notes English
Subject Knowledge, Theory of -- Europe -- History
Philosophy of nature -- Europe -- History
Knowledge, Theory of
Philosophy of nature
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Beck, David
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