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It's All Greek : Three of Kepler's Book Titles

PETROVIĆOVÁ, Katarina and Paul GABOR

Basic information

Original name

It's All Greek : Three of Kepler's Book Titles

Name in Czech

Vše řecky : tři tituly Keplerových děl

Authors

PETROVIĆOVÁ, Katarina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Paul GABOR (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Thailand, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), 2021, 1440-2807

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Thailand

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00123691

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

UT WoS

000751631900006

Keywords in English

Kepler; Greek; learned Neo-Latin; Dioptrice; Harmonice mundi; Astronomia nova aitiologetos; the word aitiologetos

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 12/4/2023 15:42, doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Three of Kepler’s major works have Greek words in their titles: Astronomia nova "aitiologétos", Dioptrice, and Harmonice mundi. We perform a linguistic analysis, examine the usage of Greek terms in Neo-Latin literature, and conjecture Kepler’s particular reasons for including these words prominently in his book titles. In particular, we show why the letter ‘c’ in dioptrice and harmonice should be pronounced as a hard ‘k’, and that the abbreviated title should be Harmonice and not harmonices. We pay special attention to Kepler’s neologism "aitiologétos", examining its general context and the potential sources of Kepler’s inspiration. We suggest that its least unfaithful English translation is ‘etiological’.

Links

MUNI/A/1300/2020, interní kód MU
Name: Interdisciplinární výzkum řečtiny a latiny a jejich literatur (Acronym: Klasfilmed)
Investor: Masaryk University