Del 42 i serien Hellenistic Culture and Society

Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy

A Translation of The Heavens

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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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 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-01-19
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHellenistic Culture and Society
Antal sidor254
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520233256
ÖversättareRobert B. Todd, Alan C. Bowen

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Alan C. Bowen is Director of the Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science, Princeton, and editor of several books including Science and Philosophy in Classical Greece (1991) and Astronomy and Astrology from the Babylonians to Kepler (2003). Robert B. Todd is Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia; his publications include Themistius on Aristotle on the Soul (1996) and Cleomedis Caelestia (1990).

Preface Abbreviations INTRODUCTION Cleomedes' Date Cleomedes and Posidonius Physics and Astronomy Epistemology and Scientific Method The Criterion and Demonstrative Procedures Posidonius' Legacy Outline TRANSLATION OF CLEOMEDES' THE HEAVENS Book One Book Two Figures Appendix Posidonius on Physics and Astronomy (Fragment 18 EK) Glossary of Selected Terms Bibliography Passages from Cleomedes in Collections of Texts General Index Index Locorum