Robert Grosseteste's thought on Light and Form of the World

Abstract

Robert Grosseteste was one of the most prominent thinkers of the Thirteenth Century. Philosopher and scientist, he proposed a metaphysics based on the propagation of light. In this framework, he gave a cosmology too. Here we will discuss the treatise where Grosseteste proposed it, that entitled 'De luce, seu de incohatione formarum', 'On Light and the Beginning of Forms'.

arXiv commentKeywords: Robert Grosseteste, Medieval Cosmology, Medieval Science

References in corpus (2)

• Translation and discussion of the De Iride, a treatise on optics by Robert Grosseteste
• Sound and motion in the De Generatione Sonorum, a treatise by Robert Grosseteste