Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy : A Translation of The Heavens.
Title:
Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy : A Translation of The Heavens.
Author:
Cleomedes.
ISBN:
9780520928510
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Series:
Hellenistic Culture and Society ; v.42
Hellenistic Culture and Society
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Book One -- Book Two -- Figures -- Appendix: Posidonius on Physics and Astronomy (Fragment 18 EK) -- Glossary of Selected Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- Passages from Cleomedes in Collections of Texts -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index Locorum -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- S -- T -- V -- X.
Abstract:
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 was The 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-of The 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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