The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

by Jacques Brunschwig (Editor), Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd (Editor), Catherine Porter (Translator)

Overview

Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674021556
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	11/30/2003
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.10(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

Jacques Brunschwig was Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Emeritus, at Paris-Sorbonne University.

Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd succeeded Moses Finley as Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous works on the classical period, among them Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle; Greek Science after Aristotle; and Magic, Reason, and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science.

Table of Contents

Translators' Note

Introduction

Maps

The Philosopher

Epistemology

Schools and Sites of Learning

Observation and Research

Demonstration and the Idea of Science

Astronomy

Cosmology

Geography

Harmonics

History

Language

Logic

Mathematics

Medicine

Physics

Poetics

Rhetoric

Technology

Theology and Divination

Theories of Religion

Chronology

Contributors

Index