Traces on the Rhodian Shore Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

Name: Traces on the Rhodian Shore Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century
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ISBN: 9780520032163

ISBN-10: 0520032160

ISBN-13: 9780520032163

Edition: 1990 (Reprint)

Authors: Clarence J. Glacken

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Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/24/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.00" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



The Ancient World



Order and Purpose in the Cosmos and on the Earth



Airs, Waters, Places



Creating a Second Nature



God, Man, and Nature in Judeo-Christian Theology



The Christian Middle Ages



The Earth as a Planned Abode for Man



Environmental Influences within a Divinely Created World



Interpreting Piety and Activity, and their Effects on Nature



Early Modern Times



Physico-Theology: Deeper Understandings of the Earth as a Habitable Planet



Environmental Theories of Early Modern Times



Growing Consciousness of the Control of Nature



Culture and Environment in the Eighteenth Century



Final Strengths and Weaknesses of Physico-Theology



Climate, the Moeurs, Religion, and Government



Environment, Population, and the Perfectibility of Man



The Epoch of Man in the History of Nature


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index