The Dark Abyss of Time - The History of the Earth and the History of Nations from Hooke to Vico (Paperback, New edition)

"A rich historical pastiche of 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, science, and religion."--G. Y. Craig, "New Scientist "
"This book, by a distinguished Italian historian of philosophy, is a worthy successor to the author's important works on Francis Bacon and on technology and the arts. First published in Italian (in 1979), it now makes available to English readers some subtly wrought arguments about the ways in which geology and anthropology challenged biblical chronology and forced changes in the philosophy of history in the early modern era. . . . [Rossi] shows that the search for new answers about human origins spanned many disciplines and involved many fascinating intellects--Bacon, Bayle, Buffon, Burnet, Descartes, Hobbes, Holbach, Hooke, Hume, Hutton, Leibniz, de Maillet, Newton, Pufendorf, Spinoza, Toland, and, most especially, Vico, whose works are impressively and freshly reevaluated here."--Nina Gelbart, " American Scientist
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General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1987
First published:	September 1987
Authors:	Paolo Rossi
Translators:	Lydia G. Cochrane
Dimensions:	155 x 228 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	354
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-72832-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-72832-3
Barcode:	9780226728322

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