Fallen Languages

by Robert Markley

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801425883
• ISBN13: 9780801425882
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"