The De Subtilitate of Girolamo Cardano 1

On Subtlety, In 21 Books By Jerome Cardano, Physician Of Milan -- Book I. The Principles, Matter, Form, The Vacuum, The Resistance Of Bodies, Natural Motion, And Position -- Book Ii: The Elements, And Their Movements And Actions -- Book Iii: On Heaven -- Book Iv: On Light And Illumination -- Book V: On Mixture, And Incomplete Or Metallic Mixed Things -- Book Vi: On Metals -- Book Vii: On Stones -- Book Viii: On Plants -- Book Ix: On Animals That Are Generated From Decay -- Book X: On Perfect Animals -- Book Xi: On The Necessity And Form Of Man -- Book Xii: On Man's Nature And Temperament -- Book Xiii: On The Senses, What Can Be Sensed, And Pleasure -- Book Xiv: On The Soul And The Intellect -- Book Xv: On Useless Subtleties -- Book Xvi: On The Sciences -- Book Xvii: On The Arts And Artefacts -- Book Xviii: On Marvels, And The Way To Represent Diverse Things Beyond Belief -- Book Xix: On Demons -- Book Xx: On Primary Substances Or Lives -- Book Xxi: On God And The Universe. Edited By John M. Forrester ; With An Introduction By John Henry And John M. Forrester. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 1005-1029) And Index. Translated From The Latin. "This is a fully annotated English translation of Girolamo Cardano{u2019}s encyclopaedic De subtilitate as it appeared in 1560, the final version edited by Cardano himself (with indications of the major differences from the editions of 1550 and 1554). Cardano, a Renaissance polymath if ever there was one, ranges widely from cosmology to mineralogy, from botany and zoology to psychology and theology. Focusing on those aspects of phenomena which he takes to be the most subtle and hard to understand, Cardano{u2019}s most important and most influential work offers an incomparable survey of contemporary thought which should interest all serious students of Renaissance philosophy and learning."--Back cover