
As one of the earliest Western physics teachers, Richard Rufus of Cornwall helped transform Western natural philosophy in the 13th century. His challenges to the views of Aristotle and Averroes proved to be enormously influential: his accounts of projectile motion, the place of the heavens, and creation were later taken up by Bacon, Aquinas and Bonaventure.
Page Count:
320
Publication Date:
2004-03-25
ISBN-10:
0197262740
ISBN-13:
9780197262740
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