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Part of the Opus Tertium
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 1912 publication 'Part of the Opus tertium of Roger Bacon, including a fragment now printed for the first time', edited by A. G. Little, contains the Latin text of the Opus Tertium with editorial matter in English. It is not an English translation of the work. No complete English translation of the Opus Tertium exists; it remains a work primarily available in its original Latin.
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Roger Bacon was a medieval polymath who demanded that science be tested by experience rather than mere debate. In the Opus Tertium, he provides a bold map for the Church to master nature, politics, and the soul. Discover how he unified experimental science, prophecy, and moral philosophy to prepare for the end of the world.