Jean Fernel's On the Hidden Causes of Things

Jean Fernel's On the Hidden Causes of Things
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 791
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ISBN-10 : 9789047406488
ISBN-13 : 9047406486
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Book Synopsis Jean Fernel's On the Hidden Causes of Things by : John Forrester

Download or read book Jean Fernel's On the Hidden Causes of Things written by John Forrester and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated translation of Jean Fernel’s On the Hidden Causes of Things (1542). A major innovatory work in Renaissance natural philosophy and medicine, and a crucially important source for understanding the notion of occult qualities, with a scholarly introduction.


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