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| Author | : David Beck |
| File Size | : 51,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 06 October 2015 |
| ISBN | : 9781317317371 |
| Pages | : 240 pages |
Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with ‘knowledge’ being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study from a different area of knowledge.
Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with ‘knowledge’ being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study from a different area of knowledge.
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