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Syllabus
Modified Schedule
Required
online reading:
1.
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Aristotle On
the Heavens, Metaphysics (excerpts;
trans. J. L. Stocks).
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2.
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Copenhaver, B.
(trans.) (1992) Hermetica, Cambridge
Univ. Press (pp.1-7; 67-92).
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3.
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Debus, A. (1978)
Man and Nature in the Renaissance, Cambridge
Univ. Press (pp. 16-33).
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4.
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Kaske,
C. and J. Clark (trans) (1998) Marsilio
Ficino: Three Books on Life, Johns Hopkins
Press (pp. 110-154.
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5.
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Kearney,
H. (1971) Science and Change, World
Univ. Library (pp. 17-48; 96-140).
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6.
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Koyre, A. (1957)
From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe,
Johns Hopkins Press (pp. 110-154).
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7.
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Lindberg, D. (2007)
The Beginnings of Western Science, 2nd Edition,
Univ. Chicago Press (pp.21-66).
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8.
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McGuire
& Rattansi (1966) "Newton and the Pipes of
Pan", Notes & Rec. of the Royal Soc. London
21, pp. 108-143.
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9.
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Pagel, W. (1960)
"Paracelsus and the Neoplatonic and Gnostic
Tradition", Ambix 8, pp. 125-166.
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10.
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Plato, Timaeus
(excerpts; trans. B. Jowett).
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11.
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Plotinus, The
Enneads (excerpts; trans. S. Mackenna and B. S
Page).
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Westfall,
R. (1977) The Construction of Modern
Science, Cambridge Univ. Press (pp. 25-42;
82-104).
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13.
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Yates, F. (1964)
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition,
Univ. Chicago Press (pp. 1-43; 44-83; 84-116).
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Lecture Slides:
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Study Guide Questions:
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Homework:
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Supplemental material
for papers:
1.
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Copenhaver,
B. (1986) "Renaissance Magic and Neoplatonic
Philosophy: Ennead 4.3-5 in Ficino's De vit coelitus
comparanda", in G. Garfagnini (ed.) Marcilio
Ficino e il ritorno di Platone, Florence, pp.
351-369.
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2.
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Farmer, S.
(1998) Syncretism in the West: Pico's 900
Theses (1486), MRTS, pp. 115-132.
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3.
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Munitz, M. (ed) (1957) Theories
of the Universe, MacMillan. Selections from: Ptolemy,
The Almagest; Copernicus,
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.
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4.
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Walzer,
R. and M. Frede (eds.) (1985) Three
Treastises on the Nature of Science, Hackett
(excerpt).
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5.
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Westfall,
R. (1984) "Newton and Alchemy", in B. Vickers
(ed.) Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the
Renaissance, Cambridge Univ. Press, pp.
315-335.
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Relevant articles in
the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
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