{"product_id":"9780792313809","title":"Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Astrology, Theology and Science in Albertus Magnus and his Contemporaries","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Astrology, Theology and Science in Albertus Magnus and his Contemporaries\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eZambelli, P.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe attribution of the \u003cem\u003eSpeculum Astronomiae\u003c\/em\u003e to Albertus  Magnus became a controversial issue only recently, when the great  neo-Thomist historian Pierre Mandonnet suggested -- without any  antecedents -- that the author was Roger Bacon rather than Albert.  Mandonnet's theses were refuted by Lynn Thorndike and have since then  been the subject of widespread discussion. \u003cbr\u003e  The present historiographical case-study considers this debate in the  light of an analysis of texts by Albert himself, as well as other  important authors, such as Bacon, Bonaventura, Thomas Aquinas, Witelo,  Campanus of Novara, and others, which shows how widespread the general  concept of the influence of the stars and other astrological ideas to  be found in the \u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e were. Most of the scientific ideas of  the Middle Ages were based on principles derived from the notion of  celestial influence and its consequences. The \u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e drew the  fundamental outlines of this discipline into a theoretical and  bibliographical introduction -- no small achievement -- and was  consequently greeted with great interest and used as a standard  reference book for many centuries. Set against the background of  discussions taking place in the 1260s, within the Dominican Order as  well as in the Faculties of Arts, Zambelli removes all doubt that the  \u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e was written by Albert, possibly with some  collaboration. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1992-04-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792313809\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-3467-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 352\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378517827724,"sku":"9780792313809","price":179.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792313809.jpg?v=1772024534","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792313809","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}