Divine knowledge
Subtitle: Buddhist Mathematics According to the Anonymous Manual of Mongolian Astrology and Divination
By: by Brian G. Baumann.
Series: Brill's inner Asian library -- v. 20
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 894
ISBN-13: 9789004155756
Subjects: Manual of Mongolian astrology and divination; Astrology, Mongolian
Description: In an original and compelling examination of traditional mathematics, this comprehensive study of the anonymous Manual of Mongolian Astrology and Divination (published by A. Mostaert in 1969) takes on the fundamental problem of the post-enlightenment categorization of knowledge, in particular the inherently problematic realms of religion and science, as well as their subsets, medicine, ritual, and magic. In the process of elucidating the rhetoric and logic shaping this manual the author reveals not only the intertwined intellectual history of Eurasia from Greece to China but also dismantles many of the discourses that have shaped its modern interpretations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [831]-852) and index.