A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’ : With a Selection of His Unpublished Correspondence and an Annotated Translation of His Autobiography
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| Title: | A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’ : With a Selection of His Unpublished Correspondence and an Annotated Translation of His Autobiography |
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| Description: | Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an enigma. Intensely pious and a prolific author, he was also a polymath fascinated with everything from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the tiny creatures in his microscope. His correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a window into the restless energy of the period. It showed first-hand the seventeenth-century's struggle for knowledge in astronomy, microscopy, geology, chemistry, musicology, Egyptology, horology… The list goes on. Kircher's books reflect the mind-set of 17th-century scholars - endless curiosity and a substantial larding of naiveté: Kircher scorned alchemy as the wishful thinking of charlatans, yet believed in dragons.His life and correspondence provide a key to the transition from the Middle Ages to a new scientific age. This book, though unpublished, has been long quoted and referred to. Awaited by scholars and specialists of Kircher, it is finally available with this edition. |
| Authors: | John Edward Fletcher |
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| Subjects: | Intellectuals--Germany--Biography, Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--17th century |
| Categories: | RELIGION / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy |
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