Adelard of Bath, Conversations with his Nephew
Subtitle: On the Same and the Different, Questions on Natural Science, and On Birds (Cambridge Medieval Classics)
Contributors: Italo Ronca (Contributor); Pedro Mantas España (Contributor); Baudouin van den Abeele (Contributor); Charles Burnett (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521394710
Subjects: Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600; Medieval Philosophy; History; History Of Science; Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Medieval; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Medieval; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Science--Early works to 1800; Early works to 1800; Hawks
First sentence: When I examine the famous writings of the ancients - not all of them, but most - and compare their talents with the knowledge of the moderns, I judge the ancients eloquent, and call the moderns dumb.