The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge - Softcover

 
9780674021556: The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 067402155X ISBN 13: 9780674021556
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical and political civilization of the West draws and to which 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.

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About the Authors

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.

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Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
067402155X
ISBN 13 
9780674021556
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
404
Editor
Brunschwig