Knowledge of Ignorance - From Genesis to Jules Verne

Klappentext This highly original study is concerned with the theory of knowledge. Zusammenfassung This highly original study is concerned with the theory of knowledge. It approaches the subject in a new way by exploring the recurrent paradox which equates pure ignorance with perfect knowledge! twin ideals free from the impurities and imperfections of discourse. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editors preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Beginning; 2. Nescience and omniscience; 3. The occidental orient; 4. The scientific fictions of Jules Verne; 5. End; Notes; Translations; Bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: Andrew Martin
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112482
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11248-2
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in French
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata