The Ages of Two-faced Janus

The Ages of Two-faced Janus

The Comets of 1577 and 1618 and the Decline of the Aristotelian World View in the Netherlands

by Tabitta Van Nouhuys

603 pages· 1998· ISBN 9789004112049
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This volume deals with the tracts - Latin and vernacular - published in the Netherlands on the comets of 1577 and 1618. Central to the book is the question of how these cometary appearances influenced the Aristotelian world view. This is the first lengthy examination of the decline of Aristotelian cosmology in the Netherlands. Its demonstration of the connection between cosmological and political views renders the book useful to historians of general Dutch history, as well as historians of science.

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