| Cosmology in Antiquity Contributor(s): Wright, Rosemary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415083729 ISBN-13: 9780415083720 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1995 Annotation: Two and a half thousand years ago Greek philosophers "looked up at the sky and formed a theory of everything." Though their solutions are little credited today, the questions remain fresh. br br Early Greek thinkers struggled to come to terms with and explain the totality of their surroundings, to identitify an original substance from which the universe was compounded, and to reconcile the presence of balance and proportion with the apparent disorder of the cosmos. br br M. R. Wright examines cosmological theories of the "natural philosophers" from Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes to Plato, the Stoics and the NeoPlatonists. The importance of Babylonian and Egyptian forerunners is also emphasized. br br b /b b i Cosmology in Antiquity /i /b is a comprehensive introduction to the cosmological thought in ancient times. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Cosmology - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 113.093 |
| LCCN: 94045131 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.36" W x 8.6" (0.91 lbs) 212 pages |