Early Greek science: Thales to Aristotle
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Word Count
39,000 words, Guess
Page Count
156 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5012737M
- ISBN-10070111553X
- OCLC Control Number164982
- OCLC Control Numberearlygreekscienc00lloy
- Library of Congress Control Number76594536
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- Goodreads1185730
- LibraryThing37767
Classifications
- DDC509/.38
- LCCQ127.G7 L57 1970
Description
"Although there is no exact equivalent of our term 'science' in Greek, Western science may still be said to have originated with the Greeks, for they were the first to attempt to explain natural phenomena consistently in naturalistic terms, and they initiated the practice of rational criticism of scientific theories. This study traces Greek science through the work of the Pythagoreans, the Presocratic natural philosophers, the Hippocratic writers, Plato, the fourth-century B.C astronomers, and Aristotle. [The author] also investigates the relationship between science and philosophy and science and medicine; he discusses the social and economic setting of early Greek science; and he analyzes the motives and incentives of the different groups of writers"--Back cover.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Ancient culture and society
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- Early Greek science: Thales to Aristotle
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