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A Translation of The Heavens
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Artikel-Nr:
9780520928510
Veröffentl:
2004
Seiten:
254
Autor:
Cleomedes
Serie:
42, Hellenistic Culture and Society
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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 wasThe 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—ofThe 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.
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 wasThe 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—ofThe 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.
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
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