Anaximander in Context

Dirk L. Couprie is an independent researcher and former Associate Professor at the University of Leiden. Robert Hahn is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is the author of several books, including Anaximander and the Architects: The Contributions of Egyptian and Greek Architectural Technologies to the Origins of Greek Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press. Gerard Naddaf is Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto and the author of The Greek Concept of Nature, also published by SUNY Press.

• List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Anthropogony and Politogony in Anaximander of MiletusGerard Naddaf PrologueThe Origin of Humanity in Traditional (or Mythical) ThoughtThe Origin of Animals and Humanity According to AnaximanderThe Origin of Society According to Mythical AccountsSome Reflections on the Evolution of the Polis before AnaximanderThe Emergence of the Polis and the Invention of PoliticsThe Origin and Development of Society in AnaximanderThe Legend of Danaus, the Danaides, and HistoryDanaus and the AlphabetAnaximander's Map: The Canvas of the OikoumeneNotes Proportions and Numbers in Anaximander and Early Greek ThoughtRobert Hahn PrologueProportionality in Anaximander's Cosmic ArchitectureProportionality and Numbers in Archaic ArchitectureThe Number "3" and Architectural TrisectingThe Idea of Organic Growth in Sacred ArchitectureMetrological Studies of Ancient BuildingsWesenberg's Case for the Canon of Ionic Proportions: 1:9 not 1:10Schaber's Case Study of the Archaic Artemision: Proportion, Numbers, and Organic GrowthThe Temple's Inner Built Structure is Usually 3:1—The Metrologies of the Archaic Temples in Samos and DidymaLiterary Formulas and ProportionalitiesSculptural Formulas and Polykleitos' CanonAnaximander's Cosmic Formula Revisited The Architect's Design FormulaThe Architect's Design Formula and the Cosmic Meaning of the Roof EpilogueNotes The Discovery of Space: Anaximander's AstronomyDirk L. Couprie PrologueFirst Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: The Anachronistic FallacyMore Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Naked EyeA Further Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Help of a Gnomon A Last Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Anaximander's Map of the WorldAnaximander's Big Achievement: The Discovery of Space The Celestial Bodies Make Full Circles around the EarthThe Earth Floats Unsupported in SpaceThe Celestial Bodies Lie behind One Another Anaximander's Numbers and a Map of His UniverseWheels in Space: A Three-Dimensional Visualization of Anaximander's UniverseAnaximander and the Representation of the Heavens in Ptolemaic Egyptian Art Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index of Concepts and Proper Names Index of Classical Passages Cited