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Autore |
Cleomedes |
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Titolo |
Cleomedes' lectures on astronomy : a translation of the heavens / / Cleomedes ; with an introduction and commentary by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. Todd |
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Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786612356780 |
9780520928510 |
0520928512 |
9781282356788 |
128235678X |
9781597345460 |
1597345466 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 42 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Astronomy, Greek |
Astronomy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Book One of Cleomedes'. The Heavens -- APPENDIX: POSIDONIUS ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMIE -- GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PASSAGES FROM COLLECTIONS IN COLLECTIONS OF TEXTS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX LOCORUM |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At some time around 200 A.D., the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was The Heavens (Caelestia), the only work by a professional Stoic teacher to survive intact from the first two centuries A.D., and a rare example of the interaction between science and philosophy in late antiquity. This volume contains a clear and idiomatic English translation-the first ever-of The Heavens, along with an informative introduction, detailed |
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