vii+229; virtually pristine copy in similar jacket, will add protective sleeve when ordered. 10 papers (8 originally given at a 1984 conference at Leeds University). A collection of quite original essays on such topics as the language used in the writing of early modern science and philosophy, Descartes, Hobbes's 'two theories of meaning', Robert Boyle and 17th cent.chemical discourse, Wilkins, 18th century rhetoric, etc. by some of the leading, mostly younger, generation of British historians of science of the day at their most creative. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 14 Cms x 22 Cms.

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Title

THE FIGURAL AND THE LITERAL Problems of language in the history of science and philosophy, 1630-1800

Publisher

Manchester University Press, Manchester

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0719014867

ISBN 13

9780719014864

Binding

Red Cloth

Edition

1st ed.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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