Abstract:Honni so it qui mal y pense. No-one reading the subtitle of this book should expect to find a personal attack on Aristotle, or a critical attitude more acrimonious than Pierre de la Ramee's or Francis Bacon's. This is the fate of the greatest classical thinker : the seraphic wings with which the 13th century had painted him were so resplendent that each successive century felt obliged to pluck out a few feathers: and from this progressive depluming modern culture was born. 14th century Oxford first questioned … Show more
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