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... theory : St. Augustine of Hippo ( 354-430 A. D. ) . The reason is , as David Lind- berg declares in his history of visual theories , that " because of his immense authority , Augustine came to be consulted on all sorts of matters to ...
... theory : St. Augustine of Hippo ( 354-430 A. D. ) . The reason is , as David Lind- berg declares in his history of visual theories , that " because of his immense authority , Augustine came to be consulted on all sorts of matters to ...
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... theory seems to have remained the dominant account of sight even until the thirteenth cen- tury ( Lindberg 1976 : 88 ... theory in its Galenic and Euclidean forms , which paved the way for an important reorientation of the study of sight ...
... theory seems to have remained the dominant account of sight even until the thirteenth cen- tury ( Lindberg 1976 : 88 ... theory in its Galenic and Euclidean forms , which paved the way for an important reorientation of the study of sight ...
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... theory amenable to visual theorists for about two thousand years . As we have seen , the theory of extramission is predicated on a series of assumptions about likeness , participation , intertwining , and continuity , where the act of ...
... theory amenable to visual theorists for about two thousand years . As we have seen , the theory of extramission is predicated on a series of assumptions about likeness , participation , intertwining , and continuity , where the act of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | iii |
THE DARK LANTERN | 45 |
THE REFORMED EYE | 107 |
Copyright | |
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