Virtuous Romance and Romantic Virtuoso
The Shaping of Robert Boyle's Literary Style
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4455876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence M Principe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 377 |
| Publication date | 1995-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2710032 |
| OpenAlex | W2321750554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
One of the trends recently apparent in the history of science is an increasing awareness of the importance of factors and influences which had previously been considered unrelated or unimportant to the development of science. Consequently, historical characters and eras which had once seemed sufficiently well-documented and understood now provide intriguing and often surprising new insights when subjected to an inquiry with a broader field of vision. In one manifestation this new historiography now recounts the positive contributions of earlier, discredited modes of thought.. .for example, the continued productivity of Aristotelians in the seventeenth century or the persistence of alchemical notions in the framing of early modem chemistry. In another form the effects of non-scientific fields and endeavors on the work and thought of scientific thinkers is being more carefully explored. In yet another vein there is an increasing appreciation of cross-cultural influences, which, in spite of quite a few classic examples, still requires further exploitation to overcome the restrictions imposed by the linguistic or cultural parochialism present in some historical accounts. What we seem to be constructing at present is an intellectual history which is much more cohesive than previously; the older reliance on heroic figures working in apparent or comparative isolation (and the closely related revolution paradigm) is being replaced by a more intricate picture of interdependency and evolution. Robert Boyle is a pivotal person in a pivotal period, and the past few years have witnessed a remarkable revival of interest in his life and works. Appreciation of Boyle has been augmented by new treatments of diverse aspects of his multi-faceted career, the editing and publication of several unpublished manuscripts, and the microfilming of his papers housed at the
Art · Literature · Romance · Style (visual arts) · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |