Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus
A methodology of historical or higher criticism and of stylometry/stylochronometry known from Biblical and literary studies is applied to the examination of Nicolaus Copernicus’s writings. In particular, his early work Commentariolus is compared at the level of the Latin language with his later one...
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A methodology of historical or higher criticism and of stylometry/stylochronometry known from Biblical and literary studies is applied to the examination of Nicolaus Copernicus’s writings. In particular, his early work Commentariolus is compared at the level of the Latin language with his later ones (Meditata, Letter against Werner and De revolutionibus) as well as the texts of some other authors. A number of striking stylistic dissimilarities between these works have been identified and interpreted in the light of stylometry/stylochronometry, historical criticism and the history of Copernican research. The conducted research allowed to draw some plausible conclusions about the Sitz im Leben (historical context), the dating of Commentariolus and related matters.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1755eb5707fc4021ba60de0895f121492024-01-08T15:33:43ZengPolish Academy of Arts and SciencesStudia Historiae Scientiarum2451-32022543-702X2021-09-012010.4467/2543702XSHS.21.013.140448326Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to CommentariolusGeorge Borski0Michał Kokowski1Stichting “De Rebus”, Foundation for the History and Philosophy of Science (Amsterdam – Almere, The Netherlands)L. & A. Birkenmajer Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw – Kraków, Poland) A methodology of historical or higher criticism and of stylometry/stylochronometry known from Biblical and literary studies is applied to the examination of Nicolaus Copernicus’s writings. In particular, his early work Commentariolus is compared at the level of the Latin language with his later ones (Meditata, Letter against Werner and De revolutionibus) as well as the texts of some other authors. A number of striking stylistic dissimilarities between these works have been identified and interpreted in the light of stylometry/stylochronometry, historical criticism and the history of Copernican research. The conducted research allowed to draw some plausible conclusions about the Sitz im Leben (historical context), the dating of Commentariolus and related matters. https://ojs.ejournals.eu/SHS/article/view/7539CopernicuscopernicologyCopernican studiesmetacopernicologyCommentariolusMeditata |
| spellingShingle | George Borski Michał Kokowski Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus Studia Historiae Scientiarum Copernicus copernicology Copernican studies metacopernicology Commentariolus Meditata |
| title | Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus |
| title_full | Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus |
| title_fullStr | Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus |
| title_short | Copernicus, his Latin style and comments to Commentariolus |
| title_sort | copernicus his latin style and comments to commentariolus |
| topic | Copernicus copernicology Copernican studies metacopernicology Commentariolus Meditata |
| url | https://ojs.ejournals.eu/SHS/article/view/7539 |
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