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The Poetic Structure of the World

Copernicus and Kepler

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In this major reconsideration of a crucial turning point in Western thought and culture - the heliocentric revolution of Copernicus and Kepler - Fernand Hallyn applies a theory of rhetoric to the philosophy and history of science to show how the new sun-centered universe is inseparable from the aesthetic epistemological, theological, and social imperatives of both Neoplatonism and Mannerism in the sixteenth century.Fernand Hallyn is Professor in the Department of French Literature at the University of Ghent.

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The Poetic Structure of the World, Fernand Hallyn

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Título
The Poetic Structure of the World
Subtítulo
Copernicus and Kepler
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Zone Books
Publicado en
1990
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Tapa dura
ISBN10
0942299604
ISBN13
9780942299601
Serie
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In this major reconsideration of a crucial turning point in Western thought and culture - the heliocentric revolution of Copernicus and Kepler - Fernand Hallyn applies a theory of rhetoric to the philosophy and history of science to show how the new sun-centered universe is inseparable from the aesthetic epistemological, theological, and social imperatives of both Neoplatonism and Mannerism in the sixteenth century.Fernand Hallyn is Professor in the Department of French Literature at the University of Ghent.