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Albert the Great on How Color Exists in a Transparent Medium and the Eye E-mail
Monday, 04 August 2008 17:34
I've posted a new translation of Albert the Great's "De homine", tractate 1, Question 20, Article 5, on "How color is in the medium and the eye".  Here Albert wrestles with the problem of how a transparent medium (like air or water) can simultaneously transmit multiple colors through numerically the same space.
 
Averroes on Light and Color E-mail
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 17:13
I have made available a new translation from Averroes's Long Commentary on Aristotle's De anima, Book II, sections 66-75.  This translation includes Averroes's interpretation of the Aristotelian theory of light and color.
 
Averroes on Sound and Echo E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:36

I've posted a new translation from Averroes's commentary on Aristotle's De anima, where Averroes discusses sound and echo. 

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Albert the Great on Echo and Sound E-mail
Friday, 20 June 2008 18:29

I've posted a new translation from Albert the Great's commentary on Aristotle's De anima, where Albert discusses sound and echo. 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 06 November 2008 18:14
 
Boethius on the Mechanics of Sound E-mail
Friday, 20 June 2008 18:29

I've posted a new translation from Boethius's influential work De institutione musicae, showing how advanced the theory of sound was even as early as the late Roman empire. 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 06 November 2008 18:14
 
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