Mundus Subterraneus Explained

Mundus subterraneus, quo universae denique naturae divitiae (very roughly "The subterranean world, all its riches"[1]) is a scientific textbook written by Athanasius Kircher, and published in 1665. The work depicts Earth's geography through textual description, as well as lavish illustrations.[2]

Diatribe de Progidiosis Crucibus ("Diatribe of Prodigious Crosses") is Kircher's most succinct and explicit statement in favour of seeking rational causes for phenomena through an understanding of natural laws, derived from observation, rather than seeking miraculous explanations.[3] He pursued this in greater detail in Mundus Subterraneus (1665).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: English to Latin to English Translator Latin-English Online Translator and Dictionary - Lingvanex. . 2022-03-16 . Lingvanex . en.
  2. Web site: Athanasius Kircher, Mundus subterraneus (1665). https://web.archive.org/web/20160302000705/http://ouhos.org/2011/09/14/athanasius-kircher-mundus-subterraneus-1665. 14 September 2011. 2 March 2016. OU History of Science Collections. 28 December 2016. usurped.
  3. Book: Paula Findlen. Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything. 4 July 2020. 2 August 2004. Routledge. 978-1-135-94844-3.
  4. Book: Sean Cocco. Watching Vesuvius: A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy. 4 July 2020. 29 November 2012. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-92373-4.

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