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Chris D. Thomas Erfgenamen van de aarde
een optimistische kijk op de natuur in het tijdperk van de mens
Visie op natuurbehoud en de toekomst van soorten, biodiversiteit en de rol van de mensheid.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 320 pagina's | Nieuw Amsterdam, [Amsterdam] | 2018
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Yvonne Vrijhof Hoofd in de wolken, voeten in de aarde
inzichten uit de natuur
Verhalen over de wijsheid die de natuur ons te vertellen heeft.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 154 pagina's | Uitgeverij Heks en Kruid, IJmuiden | 2019
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Natural spectaculars
aspects of plutarch’s philosophy of nature
The value of Plutarch's perception of physical reality and his attitude towards the natural spectacle. Plutarch was very interested in the natural world around him, not only in terms of its elementary composition and physical processes, but also with respect to its providential ordering and marvels. His writings teach us a lot about his perception of physical reality and about his attitude to the natural spectacle. He found his greatest inspiration in the ontological and epistemological framework...
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Engels | 254 pagina's (PDF, 1,8 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
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Claudius Ptolemaeus (Alexandrinus) Ptolemy's tetrabiblos in the translation of William of Moerbeke
Claudii Ptolemaei liber iudicialium
First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy's masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke's Latin translation of Ptolemy's celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy's treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the...
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Engels | Latijn | 456 pagina's (PDF, 6,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Michiel Meeusen Plutarch's science of natural problems
a study with commentary on quaestiones naturales
The role of natural science in the Roman Imperial Era. In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakably demonstrates a huge interest in the world of natural phenomena. The work of this famous intellectual and philosopher from Chaeronea consists of forty-one natural problems that address a wide variety of questions, sometimes rather peculiar ones, pertaining to ancient Greek physics, including problems related to the fields of zoology, botany, meteorology and their respective subdisciplines. By...
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Engels | 556 pagina's (PDF, 2,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Stichting Wijsgerig festival DRIFT In staat tot natuur
wijsgerig festival DRIFT 2016
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Nederlands | Engels | 265 pagina's | Wijsgerig festival Drift, [Amsterdam] | 2017
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Alexandra Morenval Le tout et l'infini dans le De rerum natura de Lucrèce
Non-fictie
Frans | 460 pagina's | Adolf M. Hakkert - Publishing, Amsterdam | 2017
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Caspar Henderson A new map of wonders
a journey in search of modern marvels
Engels | 371 pagina's | Granta, London | 2017
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