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Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science.

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Translators' Note Introduction Maps The Philosopher Epistemology Schools and Sites of Learning Observation and Research Demonstration and the Idea of Science Astronomy Cosmology Geography Harmonics History Language Logic Mathematics Medicine Physics Poetics Rhetoric Technology Theology and Divination Theories of Religion Chronology Contributors Index

The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

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    A Paperback / softback by Jacques Brunschwig, Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd, Catherine Porter

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2003
      ISBN13: 9780674021556, 978-0674021556
      ISBN10: 067402155X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science.

      Table of Contents
      Translators' Note Introduction Maps The Philosopher Epistemology Schools and Sites of Learning Observation and Research Demonstration and the Idea of Science Astronomy Cosmology Geography Harmonics History Language Logic Mathematics Medicine Physics Poetics Rhetoric Technology Theology and Divination Theories of Religion Chronology Contributors Index

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