Arithmetic in the Thought of Gerbert of Aurillac
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2022
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-85816-5 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-85816-5 (ISBN)
lt;p>The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical and practical arithmetic. It is mainly based on an analysis of Gerbert's so-called scientific letters. An attention is paid to the philosophy of numbers (Saltus Gerberti, quadrivium) and practical counting (Hindu-Arabic numerals, abacus).
lt;p>The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical (philosophy of numbers) and practical (counting) arithmetic. The book represents the comprehensive inquiry of both these aspects of arithmetic in his thought. The analysed sources are Gerbert's so-called scientific letters written to his friends, colleagues or pupils, and also including some of his other texts. On this basis, attention is paid to arithmetic as the mother of all sciences and as the path to wisdom (e.g., the so-called Saltus Gerberti, relation between arithmetic and other disciplines of the quadrivium, etc.) and also to practical arithmetic (e.g., the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals and the re-introduction of a new form of abacus to the Latin Christian West).
lt;p>The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical (philosophy of numbers) and practical (counting) arithmetic. The book represents the comprehensive inquiry of both these aspects of arithmetic in his thought. The analysed sources are Gerbert's so-called scientific letters written to his friends, colleagues or pupils, and also including some of his other texts. On this basis, attention is paid to arithmetic as the mother of all sciences and as the path to wisdom (e.g., the so-called Saltus Gerberti, relation between arithmetic and other disciplines of the quadrivium, etc.) and also to practical arithmetic (e.g., the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals and the re-introduction of a new form of abacus to the Latin Christian West).
Marek Otisk is Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava. His research interest is focused on medieval philosophy, especially the metaphysics, dialectics (logic), mathematics or astronomy(natural philosophy) in the 10th and 11th centuries (for example Gerbert of Aurillac or Anselm of Canterbury).
lt;p>Arithmetic as the science of numbers
Theoretical arithmetic:
- The Nature of Numbers: Saltus Gerberti (Letter to Constantine)
- Figurative Numbers and Geometry (Letter to Adelbold)
- Music and Harmony (Two Letters to Constantine)
- Astronomy and Timekeeping (Letter De sphaera, Richer's Historia, and the horological letter to Adam)
Practical arithmetic:
- Tabula abaci, decimal positional notation and ghubar numbers
- Regulae multiplicationis
- Regulae divisionis
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Philosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited / Historisch-genetische Studien zur Philosophie und Kulturgeschichte ; 10 |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 387 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Abacus • APPROACHES • arithmetic • aurillac • Blandzi • Conception • gerbert • Justice • Marek • medieval astronomy • Medieval mathematics • medieval timekeeping • Otisk • philosophy of numbers • Practical • Seweryn • Theoretical • theory of numbers • Thought |
| ISBN-10 | 3-631-85816-7 / 3631858167 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-631-85816-5 / 9783631858165 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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