Neoplatonism and the Art of Calculation in Medieval Iceland
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Neoplatonism and the Art of Calculation in Medieval Iceland

Algorithms, Geometry, and the Platonic Elements in the Medieval North

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<p>GKS 1812 is a broadly encyclopedic work consisting of four texts (identifiable by distinct scribal hands) composed during the 12th through 14th centuries. Among the various works included in the manuscript are two of a specifically mathematical nature: an Old Norse prose translation of the <em>Carmen Algorismo</em>, a Latin text on the use of the Indo-Arabic numeration system, and a one page exposition of some geometric relationships between a circle and an inscribed equilateral triangle.</p><p>The Old Norse <em>Algorismus</em> is unique among such works for containing a final section on a supposed connection between a geometric progression between cubes and the four elements, a neoplatonic formulation that has roots in the <em>Timaeus</em>.</p><p>Beyond providing transcripts, translations, and expositions of the methods of these two texts, this volume investigates the neoplatonic background of the final section and looks at the philosophical setting of the texts from a modern perspective.</p>

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EAN
9781501524080
Sprache
Englisch
Einband / Art
Buch
Maße
230 x 163 x 17 mm
Erscheinungsjahr
2026
Verlag / Hersteller
Walter de Gruyter

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