Isidore of Seville, on the Nature of Things

by Isidore of Seville

For scholars in the European Middle Ages, Isidore, bishop of Seville (560? -- 636) was one of the most influential authorities for understanding the natural world. Isidore's On the Nature of Things is the first work on natural science by a Christian author that is not a commentary on the creation story in Genesis. Instead, Isidore adopted a classical model to describe the structure of the physical cosmos, and discuss the principles of astronomy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781382948
• ISBN13: 9781781382943
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.2"