Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de Prima Lectura: Critical Edition and Study of the Manuscript Tradition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004689220)

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Nicole Oresme, a mathematician, philosopher, and theologian, stood as one of the most original and influential thinkers of the Late Middle Ages. This volume presents the critical edition of Oresme's earliest work, his first cycle of lectures on Aristotle's Meteorology (1346). Transcribed directly by one of his students at Paris Arts Faculty, this text explores problems of physics, cosmology, geology, and optics, providing invaluable insights into late medieval philosophy of nature.

Author: Nicole Oresme
ISBN-10: 9004689222
ISBN-13: 9789004689220
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2024
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover