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Novalis and Mathematics: A Study of Friedrich von Hardenberg's Fragments on Mathematics and its Relation to Magic, Music, Religion, Philosophy, Language, and Literature
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1960
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The University of North Carolina Press
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A study of in the interrelationship of the sciences and the humanities grounded in the writings of Novalis in the early Romantic period, this work is of special interest to literary historians, mathematicians, and mathematical historians. Alongside his analysis of Novalis' fragments relating to mathematics Dyck gives commentary on previous scholarship and a history of mathematics in the eighteenth century as both science and philosophy.
Table of Contents
Cover
Half-Title Page
pp. i
Series Page
pp. ii
Title Page
pp. iii
Copyright
pp. iv-vi
Preface
pp. vii-viii
Dedication
pp. ix
Acknowledgement
pp. x
Table of Contents
pp. xi-xii
I. Introduction
pp. 1-19
II. The Impact of Mathematics on Novalis
pp. 20-51
III. Novalisâ Fragments on Mathematics, Part One Mathematics Discussed Philosophically
pp. 52-74
IV. Novalisâ Fragments on Mathematics, Part Two Mathematical Concepts Projected into Fields of Knowledge Other than the Physical Sciences
pp. 75-92
Summary and Conclusions
pp. 93-94
Bibliography
pp. 95-103
Index
pp. 104-109
| ISBN | 9781469657455 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9781469657448 |
| DOI | 10.1353/book.75779 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 1157899332 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2020-06-15 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
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