Cleomedes' lectures on astronomy [[electronic resource] ] : a translation of the heavens / / Cleomedes ; with an introduction and commentary by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. Todd

• Autore: Cleomedes
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 520/.938
• Soggetto topico: Astronomy, Greek; Astronomy
• Soggetto non controllato: alexandria; ancient greece; ancient greeks; ancient philosophy; astronomy; caelestia; cleomedes; cosmology; cosmos; greek philosophy; hellenism; metaphysics; moral philosophy; natural world; nonfiction; philosophy; science and philosophy; social philosophy; stoic philosopher; stoic philosophy; stoicism; the heavens; zodiac
• Altri autori: BowenAlan C ToddRobert B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 notes, and technical diagrams. This important work will now be accessible to specialists in both ancient philosophy and science and to readers interested in the history of astronomy and cosmology but with no knowledge of ancient Greek.
• Altri titoli varianti: Lectures on astronomy
• Titolo autorizzato: Cleomedes' lectures on astronomy
• ISBN: 0-520-92851-2; 1-282-35678-X; 9786612356780; 1-59734-546-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780457003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 42.