LEADER 03168oam 2200577I 450 001 9910154981403321 005 20230124193922.0 010 $a1-351-95590-X 010 $a1-315-26172-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315261720 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758487 035 $a(OCoLC)973034329 035 $a(BIP)63365940 035 $a(BIP)47057849 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965875 100 $a20180706e20161996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBefore science $ethe invention of the friars' natural philosophy /$fRoger French and Andrew Cunningham 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (311 pages) $cillustrations, photographs, map 300 $aFirst published 1996 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a1-85928-287-3 311 08$a1-351-95591-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Philosophy and true philosophy -- 2. The air of towns -- 3. Sapientia and scientia : the cloister and the school -- 4. Nature before the friars -- 5. Heresy and Dominic -- 6. The evil and good world -- 7. Conquest and re-education -- 8. Dominican education -- 9. Fiat lux! Let there be light! -- 10. Et facta est lux! And there was light! -- 11. Epilogue. 330 $aThe opposition of science and religion is a recent phenomenon; in the middle ages, and indeed until the middle of the nineteenth century, there was almost no conflict. In the Middle Ages the objective study of nature - the activity we now call science - was largely the province of religious men. This book looks at the origins of western science and the central role played by the Dominican and Franciscan friars. It explains why these two groups devoted so much intellectual effort to the study of physical and biological phenomena, and distinguishes 'Natural Philosophy' from 'science' as presently understood. Though the friars were recognisably 'scientific' in their approach their motives were religious - they wished to understand the mind of God and the beauty of God's nature. Even so, as this study makes clear, the roots of western science lie in the monasteries and refuges of the medieval friars - the direct forebears of the anti-scientific Popes of the age of Copernicus and Galileo. 606 $aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory 606 $aFriars 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval 606 $aScience, Medieval 606 $aNature$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church$xHistory of doctrines$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory. 615 0$aFriars. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval. 615 0$aScience, Medieval. 615 0$aNature$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a189 700 $aFrench$b R. K$g(Roger Kenneth),$0897855 701 $aCunningham$b Andrew$0471131 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154981403321 996 $aBefore science$92190120 997 $aUNINA