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Medieval Christianity and the roots of the sixteenth century scientific revolution

Pages 86-103 | Published online: 31 Aug 2007

  • On this point, see e.g. The Epistle to the Colossians The interpreter's Bible Beare F.W. Macleod G.P. Buttrick G.A. New York 1955 XI 165 165 189–191; see also H. von Campenhausen, The Fathers of the Latin Church (London, 1964), p. 21.
  • On the distinction between Greek and Christian approaches to science, see Armstrong A.H. Markus R.A. Christian faith and Greek philosophy London 1960 39 40 31–34. See also B. Hägglund, History of theology (St. Louis, 1968), pp. 118–121, 186; M. Clagett, Greek science in antiquity (New York, 1955), p. 164; H. Oberman, “Reformation and revolution: Copernicus' discovery in an era of change,” in J.E. Murdoch and E.D. Sylla (eds), The cultural context of medieval learning (Dordrecht, 1975), pp. 401–402, 422.
  • On scholasticism, see most notably Baldwin J.W. The scholastic culture of the Middle Ages, 1000–1300 Lexington, Mass. 1971 Leif Grane, Peter Abelard (London, 1970).
  • On Buridan's impetus theory, see Crombie A.C. Medieval and early modern science New York 1959 II 66 73
  • See, for example Maier A. The achievements of late scholastic natural philosophy On the threshhold of exact science Sargent S.D. Philadelphia 1982 168 169 in
  • Oberman , H.A. 1963 . The harvest of medieval theology; Gabriel Biel and late medieval nominalism 426 – 427 . Cambridge, Mass.
  • Drake , S. 1980 . Galileo 15 – 15 . Oxford Crombie, p. 167.
  • Koyré , A. 1973 . The astronomical revolution 57 – 57 . London idem, Metaphysics and measurement (London, 1968), pp. 19–20.
  • Kuhn , T.S. 1957 . The Copernican revolution 116 – 116 . Cambridge, Mass. 143; H. Butterfield, The origins of modern science (New York, 1965), p. 39; Koyré, The astronomical, p. 25.
  • Kuhn . 117 – 119 .
  • See Kuhn 191 192 195–196; A.G. Debus, Man and nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge, 1978), pp. 82, 98; J. Dillenberger, Protestant thought and natural science (London, 1961), pp. 26–40; R. Hooykaas, Religion and the rise of modern science (London, 1972), pp. 120–122.
  • See on this, my rejoiner to Lambert's J. Luther in the historical context of late medieval thought Martin Luther lives! Hofmeyr J.W. Pretoria 1983 18 25 in
  • Dillenberger 43 – 43 .
  • Wightman , W.P.D. 1972 . Science in a renaissance society 121 – 122 . London
  • Kuhn . 199 – 199 . 224–225.

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