Jerzy burchardt (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Pozycja w ladnym stanie. @ Blurb / Notka wydawnicza: Warszawa: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1997; @ Size of the book block / Wymiar bloku: 24 cm; @ Series / Seria: (Seria: Studia Copernicana; t.36); @ Circulation / Naklad: -; @ Pages / Strony: XVI, 232s.; @ Thematic categories / Kategorie tematyczne: historia Polski sredniowiecze - h. Polski, nauka medycyna, regiony silesiana - wroclawiana / history of Poland Middle Ages, science medicine, regions / Geschichte Polens Mittelalter, Wissenschaft Medizin, Regionen; Oprawa wydawnicza kartonowa, obwoluta.…

1st ed. - (Accademia Polacca delle Scienze Roma,Conferenze ; 94). - Softcover.

Warszawa, 1997. Paperbound. 232 p. (Studia Copernicana; XXXVI). isbn 838606241X.

Series: Studia Copernicana, XIX. 8vo. 255pp. Salmon cloth, black- and gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, dust jacket. Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut. Wroclwa, PAN 1979. gr.8°. 8 plates. 225 p. OCloth. (label on back, corners slightly bumped).- Studia Copernicana, XIX- Small stamp verso title, otherwise inside in good condition.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Cloth hardcover, 225pp + 14 pages of glossy b&w plates, NOT ex-library. First and only edition of 770 copies. Primarily in Polish, Latin "Witelonis de causa primaria paenitentiae in hominibus et de natura daemonum" pp 153-208, Latin text quoted in footnotes; preface, summary and contents list also in French. Yellow age-discolourations on endpapers, outer page edges and boards. Interior is gently toned, with little wear. A corrective mark in pen on p.7, else nice clean condition with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Age-discoloured dust jacket with sunned spine, frayed spine ends, extensive dark shelfworn marks. -- A scholarly monograph and critical edition published as Volume 19 of the prestigious Studia Copernicana series by the Polish Academy of Sciences. It is a specialised historical and philological study of a significant 13th-century Latin manuscript. Jerzy Burchardt provides the first comprehensive analysis and Polish translation of a letter written by the Silesian scholar Witelon (Vitello) to Louis (Ludwik) in Lwowek Slaski. The text examines Witelon's theories on human perception and the soul, particularly his views on how the mind processes sensory data. It details Witelon's medieval world view, exploring the relationship between celestial bodies and terrestrial phenomena. The letter contains significant early medical observations, linking physiological health to broader cosmological and philosophical principles. Historical Context: Burchardt identifies the recipient "Ludwik" and places the letter within the intellectual milieu of 13th-century Silesia and the University of Padua. Amongst historians of science and medievalists, the book was received as a rigorous and foundational work that rescued a key text from obscurity. Reviewers lauded Burchardt's "painstaking" palaeographic work and his ability to contextualise Witelon's thought within the broader European "Scientific Renaissance" of the 13th century. The book is academically significant for establishing Witelon (best known for his work on optics, Perspectiva) as a sophisticated thinker in psychology and medicine. Silesian Intellectual History: It remains a primary reference for the study of the intellectual history of Poland and Central Europe, proving that the region was deeply integrated into the medieval European scholarly network. Burchardt's interpretation of Witelon's "Letter on the Primary Cause of Penitence" remains the standard authority cited in international research regarding medieval natural philosophy. …