Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Date and Purpose of On the Nature of Things (ONT) and On Times (OT) Structure and Content of ONT and OT Unity of Conception of ONT and OT The Place of ONT and OT in Bede's Thought Bede's template: Isidore of Seville's De natura rerum (DNR) Bede's transformation of Isidore's DNR Bede's Attitude Toward Isidore The Easter Controversy and the Pedagogy of Computus The Christian World-Chronicle Bede's Science: Continuities and New Directions The Transmission of ONT and OT ...
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Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Date and Purpose of On the Nature of Things (ONT) and On Times (OT) Structure and Content of ONT and OT Unity of Conception of ONT and OT The Place of ONT and OT in Bede's Thought Bede's template: Isidore of Seville's De natura rerum (DNR) Bede's transformation of Isidore's DNR Bede's Attitude Toward Isidore The Easter Controversy and the Pedagogy of Computus The Christian World-Chronicle Bede's Science: Continuities and New Directions The Transmission of ONT and OT The reception of ONT and OT: glosses and excerpts Principles Governing this Translation Inventory of Manuscripts and Editions of Bede's ONT and OT Bede: On the Nature of Things A Poem of Bede the Priest The Chapters of On the Nature of Things 1. The Fourfold Work of God 2. The Formation of the World 3. What the World Is 4. The Elements 5. The Firmament 6. The Varied Height of Heaven 7. Upper Heaven 8. The Heavenly Waters 9. The Five Circles of the World 10. The Regions of the World 11. The Stars 12. The Course of the Planets 13. Their Order 14. Their Orbits 15. Why Their Colours Change 16. The Circle of the Zodiac 17. The Twelve Signs 18. The Milky Way 19. The Course and Size of the Sun 20. The Nature and Place of the Moon 21. Method for Determining the Course of the Moon through the Signs of the Zodia 22. The Eclipse of the Sun and the Moon 23. Where there is No Eclipse and Why 24. Comets 25. The Air 26. The Winds 27. The Order of the Winds 28. Thunder 29. Lightning 30. Where Lightning is Not and Why 31. The Rainbow 32. Clouds 33. Rains 34. Hail 35. Snow 36. Signs of Storms or Fair Weather 37. Pestilence 38. On the Dual Nature of the Waters 39. The Ocean's Tide 40. Why the Sea does Not Grow in Size 41. Why It is Bitter 42. The Red Sea 43. The Nile 44. That the Earth is Bound by Waters 45. The Position of the Earth 46. That the Earth is Like a Globe 47. The Circles of the Earth 48. More on the Same Subject: the Art of Using Sundials 49. Earthquake 50. The Fire of Mount Etna 51. The Division of the Earth Bede: On Times The Chapters of On Times 1. Moments and Hours 2. The Day 3. The Night 4. The Week 5. The Month 6. The Months of the Romans 7. Solstice and Equinox 8. The Seasons 9. Years 10. The Leap-Year Day 11. The Nineteen-Year Cycle 12. The 'Leap of the Moon' 13. The Contents of the Paschal Cycle 14. The Formulas for the Headings of the Pascal Tables 15. The Sacrament of the Easter Season 16. The Ages of the World 17. The Sequence and Order of Times 18. The Second Age 19. The Third Age 20. The Fourth Age 21. The Fifth Age 22. The Sixth Age Commentary: On the Nature of Things Commentary: On Times Appendix 1: Bede: A Hymn on the Work of the First Six Days and the Six Ages of the World Appendix 2: An Excursus on Bede's Mathematical Reasoning Appendix 3: Bede's Calculation of Tidal Periods and the Purported 'Immaturity' of On the Nature of Things Appendix 4: Bede and Lucretius Select Bibliography Index of Sources General Index
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Add this copy of Experience of No-Self: a Contemplative Journey to cart. $34.00, very good condition, Sold by Expatriate Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Svendborg, DENMARK, published 1993 by State University of New York.
