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A study of the life and works of Athanasius Kircher, "Germanus incredibilis" : with a selection of his unpublished correspondence and an annotated translation of his autobiography / by John Edward Fletcher ; edited for publication by Elizabeth Fletcher ; editorial adjustment for the Aries book series by Garry Trompf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fletcher, John Edward.
- Series:
- Aries book series ; v. 12.
- Aries book series, 1871-1405 ; v. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectuals--Germany--Biography.
- Intellectuals.
- Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--17th century.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Europe--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Europe.
- Germany--History--1517-1648--Biography.
- Germany.
- Germany--History--1648-1740--Biography.
- Jesuits--Germany--Biography.
- Jesuits.
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.
- Kircher, Athanasius.
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680--Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (654 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an enigma. Intensely pious and a prolific author, he was also a polymath fascinated with everything from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the tiny creatures in his microscope. His correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a window into the restless energy of the period. It showed first-hand the seventeenth-century’s struggle for knowledge in astronomy, microscopy, geology, chemistry, musicology, Egyptology, horology… The list goes on. Kircher’s books reflect the mind-set of 17th-century scholars - endless curiosity and a substantial larding of naiveté: Kircher scorned alchemy as the wishful thinking of charlatans, yet believed in dragons. His life and correspondence provide a key to the transition from the Middle Ages to a new scientific age. This book, though unpublished, has been long quoted and referred to. Awaited by scholars and specialists of Kircher, it is finally available with this edition.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Kircher's life and works
- pt. 2. Kircher's correspondence
- pt. 3. Kircher's life and letters
- pt. 4. Kircher's Vita with translation and annotations by John Fletcher.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Vita admodum Reverendi P. Athanasii Kircheri. English
- ISBN:
- 1-283-27081-1
- 9786613270818
- 90-04-21632-4
- OCLC:
- 751963493
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004207127.i-608 DOI
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