The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon, the medieval natural philosopher who broke new ground in promoting scientific method, produced the encyclopedic Opus Majus or 'Greater Work' in the mid-thirteenth century. This 1897 publication in two volumes was the first complete edition of the work to appear in print. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV, the Opus Majus is the most significant and most influential of Bacon's works, containing his observations of the natural world and theories on knowledge acquisition. Bacon's text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter in English, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader. Volume 2 contains the last three parts of Bacon's treatise, on Optics, Experimental Science, and Moral Philosophy. This volume also incorporates a later supplement containing additional material and corrections.

Author: John Henry Bridges, Roger Bacon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/01/2010
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.56d
ISBN: 9781108014434
Language: Latin

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