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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786251703321

Titolo

Greek science in the long run [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the Greek scientific tradition (4th c. BCE-17th c. CE) / / edited by Paula Olmos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4438-3841-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OlmosPaula

Disciplina

509.38

Soggetti

Science - Greece - History

Science, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CATEGORICAL ANACHRONISMS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE; ANCIENT GREECE AND GENDER STUDIES; THE FIELD OF ARGUMENTATION; STOCHASTIC KNOWLEDGE; EUGE, GRAECULI NOSTRI!; GIORGIO VALLA, EDITOR AND TRANSLATOR OF ANCIENT SCIENTIFIC TEXTS; PART II; THE MORE IT CHANGES; MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY IN PLATO'S DIALOGUES; ON PTOLEMY'S HARMONICS 2.4; EUCLID'S SWAN SONG; PART III; PHILOSOPHY AND TELEOLOGY; PHARMAKA; GALEN ON BODY, TEMPERAMENTS AND PERSONALITIES; KNOWING THE BODY; THE FORUM VULCANI IN THE WORK OF JUAN HUARTE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Greek traditions relating to both the arts and sciences of life and health and those regarding the systematic development of theories of measurement and quantification enjoyed an incredibly long reputation and showed a kind of versatility that challenges any simplistic, dogmatic or a priori viewpoint about the meaning and social function of systematic knowledge. In this sense, they allow us to focus on very specific traits of the multiple processes of production, textual arrangement and trans...