Fallen Languages : Crises of Representation in Newtonian England, 1660-1740
- Author/Creator:
- Markley, Robert, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Fallen Languages : Crises of Representation in Newtonian England, 1660-1740 / Robert Markley
- Related/Included Titles:
- Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments /
Introduction. Physico-Theology: Dialogics, History, and Theory --
1. "A Close (though Mystick) Connection": Boyle's Defense of the Bible --
2. "Babel revers'd": Real Characters, Philosophical Languages, and Idealizations of Order --
3. "Those Fabulous Chaldeans,: Boyle and the Crisis of Baconianism --
4. "Ye true & real temple of God": Mathematics, History, and the Narrative Structures of Newton's Natural Philosophy --
5. "The interposition of Omniscience": History, Method, and Aesthetics in Early Eighteenth-Century Newtonianism --
6. Boyle "Epitomiz' d": The Reinscription of Science in Early Eighteenth-Century England --
Epilogue --
Index
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Newton, Isaac,1642-1727--Influence
English prose literature--18th century--History and criticism
English prose literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism
Literature and science--England--History--17th century
Literature and science--England--History--18th century
English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Rhetoric
Language and culture--England--History
English language--18th century--Rhetoric
Mimesis in literature
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments / Markley, Robert -- Introduction. Physico-Theology: Dialogics, History, and Theory -- 1. "A Close (though Mystick) Connection": Boyle's Defense of the Bible -- 2. "Babel revers'd": Real Characters, Philosophical Languages, and Idealizations of Order -- 3. "Those Fabulous Chaldeans,: Boyle and the Crisis of Baconianism -- 4. "Ye true & real temple of God": Mathematics, History, and the Narrative Structures of Newton's Natural Philosophy -- 5. "The interposition of Omniscience": History, Method, and Aesthetics in Early Eighteenth-Century Newtonianism -- 6. Boyle "Epitomiz' d": The Reinscription of Science in Early Eighteenth-Century England -- Epilogue -- Index
- Summary:
- According to Robert Markley, historians and philosophers of science who link the rise of science to the rise of modern, objective forms of writing are interpreting the works of Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, and their contemporaries far too narrowly. Focusing on the crises of representation in the discourse of physico-theology in English natural philosophy from 1660 to 1740, Markley demonstrates the crucial role played by theology in the development of modern science.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937013030602486
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-4462-3
- OCLC Number:
- 1125111914
- Other Identifiers:
- doi: 10.7591/9781501744624
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