{"product_id":"the-major-refutation-english-version-of-refutatio-major-paperback","title":"The Major Refutation: English version of Refutatio major - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Senges\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAntonio de Guevara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJacob Siefring\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few or none of them heard of a book entitled \u003cem\u003eRefutatio major\u003c\/em\u003e, falsely attributed to Don Antonio de Guevara, in which the aforementioned Guevara avers that a New World does not exist, but only chimaeras, malevolent rumors, and inventions spread by schemers. These same persons affirm that the reasons set forth by the aforementioned Guevara are highly disconcerting.\" -- Bonaventura d'Arezzo, \u003cem\u003eTreatise on Shadows \u003c\/em\u003e(1531)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If this new world actually existed, if its measure could be had in hectares and in tons, or more maliciously in carats to reflect the value of its diamond mines, or in nautical miles because it is seemingly capable of devouring an entire hemisphere as a crab would, going from north to south and from east to west -- if this were the case, then adventurers would have set foot there long ago, smugglers failing to find a better use for their discovery would have taken it as their refuge, and instead of traffickers by nature mute about their rallying points, we would have heard the cries of one thousand boasters, one thousand returning voyagers.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Major Refutation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere is a book that unites all books: adventure book, historical panorama, satirical tale, philosophical \u003cem\u003esumma\u003c\/em\u003e, polemical mockery, geographical treatise, political analysis. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Major Refutation \u003c\/em\u003eis followed by a scholarly afterword discussing the conditions of the text's genesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePierre Senges is the author of fifteen books. His long novel, \u003cem\u003eFragments of Lichtenberg, \u003c\/em\u003eis forthcoming in English from Dalkey Archive Press in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52627660636467,"sku":"9781940625201","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OG8xcTR6Y2lBUFRyR1FCbkMwQWFoQT09.webp?v=1762095505","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-major-refutation-english-version-of-refutatio-major-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}