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This new edition of Bacon's Compendium of the Study of Philosophy, with facing English translation, enables today's readers to engage with Bacon's philosophy. It provides a window on academic life in Oxford and Paris of the 1270s at an important time in the development of the universities of both cities.

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Introduction Compendium of the Study of Philosophy 1: Wisdom, Corruption and the Need for Purification of the Church and Society 2: Ignorance, Error, and Sin as Obstacles to Wisdom 3: Four Causes of Human Error 4: Italian Civil Law as a Cause of Error in the Past Forty Years 5: Untrained Masters and Doctors as a Cause of Error in the Past Forty Years 6: Reasons why Latins Need to Study languages 7: Errors by Latins in Spelling, Pronunciation, and the Derivation of Words from the Hebrew Language 8: Eight Additional Reasons why Latins Should Study Languages and some Problems with Translations 9: The Greek Alphabet 10: Greek Diphthongs 11: Greek and Latin Syllables and their Prosodies 12: Abbreviations and other Ways of Writing Letters, Syllables, and Words Works frequently cited Indexes

Roger Bacon A Compendium of the Study of Philosophy 31 Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780197266342, 978-0197266342
      ISBN10: 0197266347
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This new edition of Bacon's Compendium of the Study of Philosophy, with facing English translation, enables today's readers to engage with Bacon's philosophy. It provides a window on academic life in Oxford and Paris of the 1270s at an important time in the development of the universities of both cities.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Compendium of the Study of Philosophy 1: Wisdom, Corruption and the Need for Purification of the Church and Society 2: Ignorance, Error, and Sin as Obstacles to Wisdom 3: Four Causes of Human Error 4: Italian Civil Law as a Cause of Error in the Past Forty Years 5: Untrained Masters and Doctors as a Cause of Error in the Past Forty Years 6: Reasons why Latins Need to Study languages 7: Errors by Latins in Spelling, Pronunciation, and the Derivation of Words from the Hebrew Language 8: Eight Additional Reasons why Latins Should Study Languages and some Problems with Translations 9: The Greek Alphabet 10: Greek Diphthongs 11: Greek and Latin Syllables and their Prosodies 12: Abbreviations and other Ways of Writing Letters, Syllables, and Words Works frequently cited Indexes

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