Poeta Calculans: Harsdorffer, Leibniz, and the "Mathesis Universalis"

Journal of the History of Ideas 60 (3):449 (1999)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This paper seeks to indicate some connections between a major philosophi- cal project of the seventeenth century, the conception of a mathesis universalis, and the practice of baroque poetry. I shall argue that these connections consist in a peculiar view of language and systems of notation which was particularly common in European baroque culture and which provided the necessary conceptual background for both poetry and the mathesis universalis.

Author's Profile

Jan Westerhoff
University of Oxford

Analytics

Added to PP
2010-08-27

Downloads
932 (#19,467)

6 months
162 (#21,693)

Historical graph of downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.
How can I increase my downloads?