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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1301–1400

The Fourteenth Century

2 works

c. 1340–1358

Latin

Questions on Aristotle's Physics

Jean Buridan · c. 1300–c. 1361

A revision of Aristotle's account of motion, proposing that a thrown body carries an impressed impetus that persists — and that the heavens may move by the same principle.

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c. 1351–1355

Latin

On the Configuration of Qualities and Motions

Nicole Oresme · c. 1320–1382

A method of representing changing qualities by geometric figures, effectively graphing motion against time, and proving the mean speed theorem.

Scholastic · Natural philosophyRead elsewhere