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On Maxima and Minima
William Heytesbury
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Description for On Maxima and Minima
Paperback. Translator(s): Longeway, John Lee. Series: Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HPL; JF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
This book began with my edition of the anonymous treatise. A translation and notes seemed essential if the material of the treatise was to be understood. It then seemed that Chapter 5 of Heytesbury's Rules for Solving Sophismata, on which the treatise was based, should also be included. My translation of the Heytesbury treatise is based on a fifteenth-century edition, supplemented by readings from a few of the better manuscripts. (A critical edition from all the manuscripts, of which Chapter 5 will be mine, is now in progress under the supervision of Paul Spade, but only a few insignificant changes ... Read more
This book began with my edition of the anonymous treatise. A translation and notes seemed essential if the material of the treatise was to be understood. It then seemed that Chapter 5 of Heytesbury's Rules for Solving Sophismata, on which the treatise was based, should also be included. My translation of the Heytesbury treatise is based on a fifteenth-century edition, supplemented by readings from a few of the better manuscripts. (A critical edition from all the manuscripts, of which Chapter 5 will be mine, is now in progress under the supervision of Paul Spade, but only a few insignificant changes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Historical Library
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400964983
SKU
V9789400964983
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