The Dark Abyss of Time: The History of the Earth and the History of Nations from Hooke to Vico

by Paolo Rossi

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226728323
• ISBN13: 9780226728322
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"