{"product_id":"richard-rufus-of-cornwall","title":"Richard Rufus of Cornwall","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs one of the earliest Western physics teachers, Richard Rufus of Cornwall helped transform Western natural philosophy in the 13th century. But despite the importance of Rufus's works, they were effectively lost for 500 years, and the Physics commentary is the first complete work of his ever to be printed. \u003cbr\u003e Rufus taught at the Universities of Paris and Oxford from 1231 to 1256, at the very time when exposure to Aristotle's \u003cem\u003eibri naturales\u003c\/em\u003e was revolutionizing the academic curriculum; indeed Rufus gave the earliest surviving lectures on physics and metaphysics.\u003cbr\u003e Rufus not only expounded the views of Aristotle and the commentator Averroes, but he also challenged them, and this lively discussion proved to be enormously influential. Rufus rejected Aristotle's theory of projectile motion, and this rival view was later adopted by Franciscus de Marchia. His revised account of the place of the heavens was taken up by Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas; and his defence of creation, still considered a cogent reply to Aristotle's claims for a beginningless universe, was to be embraced by both Bacon and Bonaventure.\u003cbr\u003e Professor Wood's meticulous edition sheds light on that Crucial period when the medieval West for the first time acquired a comprehensive scientific account of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55367264665944,"sku":"9780197262740","price":82.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780197262740_9ad97bd3-6c0a-41a8-8e06-88705a3a946c.jpg?v=1765765813","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/richard-rufus-of-cornwall","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}