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Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos
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Der intellektuelle Kosmos Leonardo da Vincis (1452–1519) scheint ebenso unerschöpflich zu sein, wie die Vielfalt und der kulturelle Reichtum der Renaissance, die er wie nur wenige andere in allen ihren Facetten verkörpert. Seine Neugier und sein schöpferisches Engagement galten allen Wissensbereichen, von den Kräften der Natur im Großen und Kleinen bis in alle Varietäten menschlicher Gestalt und Gestaltung.
Figures of the Invisible: Geometrical Icons in Renaissance Christian Humanism, 1300–1600
Today, mathematical images may seem unrelated to interior religious experience. But during the long passage from the late medieval to the early modern
Two Ways of Experience in the Writings of Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) was a prophet and a unique intellectual. Hildegard wrote that her visionary experiences were the sole source for the v
Justin Stearns
Justin Stearns received his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 2007, and h...
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Keith Knapp
Keith Knapp received his PhD in East Asian history from the University of California, Berkeley, ...
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Monique Nagel-Angermann
Monique Nagel-Angermann studied Sinology and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Archaeology at t...
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Visualizations of the Planets in the Graeco-Roman World (ca. 300 BCE-600 CE)
Using texts and images, this project explores the ways in which the planets were imagined and visually represented in the Graeco-Roman world in a diac
Mathematics, the Body, and the Soul: Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Certainty in the 17th Century
Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686) became famous for scientific discoveries such as naming the so-called female testicles as ovaries, describing the heart as
The Logic of Experience in the Medieval Hebrew Philosophical Tradition
Following Arabic interpretations of Aristotelian logic, medieval Hebrew logicians considered things apprehended directly by the senses or by the intel
Michael Puett
Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology at Harvard Un...
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