Hermes: Literature, Science, Philosophy

by Michel Serres (Editor)

Essays discuss Moliere, La Fontaine, Zola, Plato, Thales, the origin of language, genetics, and geometry

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Michel Serres was a French philosopher, theorist and author.

Reviews

[Víctor Bermúdez · Rating 4 out of 5]

INTRODUCTION: Journal a p lusieurs voies
by Josue V. Harari and David F. Bell lX

I. LITERATURE & SCIENCE
1. The Apparition of Hermes: Dam Juan 3
2. Knowledge in the Classical Age: La Fontaine and Descartes 15
3. Michelet: The Soup 29
4. Language and Space: From Oedipus to Zola 39
5. Turner Translates Carnot 54

II. PHILOSOPHY & SCIENCE

6. Platonic Dialogue 65
7. The Origin of Language: Biology, Information Theory, and Thermodynamics 71
8. Mathematics and Philosophy: What Thales Saw. . . 84
9. Lucretius: Science and Religion 98
10. The Origin of Geometry 125

POSTFACE: Dynamics from Leibniz to Lucretius
by lIya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers 135
Name Index 159
Subject Index 163

[Thomaz Amancio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que livro, meus amigos. Serres é a chave mágica que abre passagens secretas (nem sempre passíveis de atravessar) entre a linguagem matemática e a poética, entre ciências e mitologias, entre os sistemas do mundo e o Sistema, aquele, contra o qual sói convir lutar.

[James Maughan]

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