01410nam a2200169Ia 4500 240426s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97805218755920521875595 eng BL245 .H35 2007 Harrison, Peter The fall of man and the foundations of science / Peter Harrison Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,  2007 xi, 300 p. ; 24 cm. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Adam's Encyclopaedia -- Science in paradise -- Falling into ignorance -- Inheriting error -- Carnal knowledge and the divine light -- Baptising aristotle -- Chapter 2 Augustine revived -- Luther and the putrid philosopher -- Depravity and doubt -- Augustinus -- The sceptical hypothesis -- Chapter 3 Seeking certainty in a fallen world -- Vestiges of heavenly light -- Mathematical certainties -- Adam, moses, hermes, solomon -- Inspiration, experience, and experiment -- Chapter 4 Dethroning the idols -- Self-knowledge and the sciences -- The dominion of mind -- The fallen body -- Intellectual idolatry -- Chapter 5 The instauration of learning -- 'Knowledge shall be increased' -- Reversing babel -- Solomon's house -- The limits of reason -- Anthropology abandoned -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page. Religion and science—History. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2024-04-26 0 BL245 .H35 2007 00033747 2024-04-26 16:26:47 2024-04-26 BK 52875 52875