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Fallen Languages : Crises of Representation in Newtonian England, 1660-1740
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According to Robert Markley, historians and philosophers of science who link the rise of science to the rise of modern, objective forms of writing are interpreting the works of Robert Boyle, Isaac ...
According to Robert Markley, historians and philosophers of science who link the rise of science to the rise of modern, objective forms of writing are interpreting the works of Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, and their contemporaries far too narrowly. Focusing on the crises of representation in the discourse of physico-theology in English natural philosophy from 1660 to 1740, Markley demonstrates the crucial role played by theology in the development of modern science.
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- Creator
- Robert Markley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
- ©1994
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781501744624, 1501744623, 0801425883
- OCLC
- on1125111914
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments / Markley, Robert -- Introduction. Physico-Theology: Dialogics, History, and Theory -- 1. "A Close (though Mystick) Connection": Boyle's Defense of the Bible -- 2. "Babel revers'd": Real Characters, Philosophical Languages, and Idealizations of Order -- 3. "Those Fabulous Chaldeans,: Boyle and the Crisis of Baconianism -- 4. "Ye true & real temple of God": Mathematics, History, and the Narrative Structures of Newton's Natural Philosophy -- 5. "The interposition of Omniscience": History, Method, and Aesthetics in Early Eighteenth-Century Newtonianism -- 6. Boyle "Epitomiz' d": The Reinscription of Science in Early Eighteenth-Century England -- Epilogue -- Index
Subjects
- English prose literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
- English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
- Literature and science -- England -- History -- 17th century.
- Literature and science -- England -- History -- 18th century.
- English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Rhetoric.
- Language and culture -- England -- History.
- English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric.
- Mimesis in literature.
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Influence.