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The relationship between theory and practice, between norms indicated in a text and their extra-textual application, is one of the most fascinating issues in the history and theory of science. Yet this aspect has often been taken for granted and never explored in depth. The essays contained in this volume provide a multi-layered and nuanced discussion of this relationship as it emerges in ancient Greek and Roman culture in a number of fields, such as agriculture, architecture, the art of love, astronomy, ethics, mechanics, medicine and pharmacology. The main focus is on the textuality of processes of transmission of knowledge and its application in various fields. Given that a text always contains complex and destabilizing aspects that cannot be reduced to the specific subject matter it discusses, to what extent can and do ancient texts support extra-textual applicability?

Technical writing --- Classical literature --- Technology --- History and criticism. --- History --- History. --- Applied science --- Arts, Useful --- Science, Applied --- Useful arts --- Science --- Industrial arts --- Material culture --- Engineering --- Scientific writing --- Authorship --- Communication of technical information --- History and criticism --- E-books

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Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of Western culture; seen from a historical perspective, it gives access to a broad array of tensions between various models of knowledge and different kinds of tradition. The essays in this volume approach the phenomenon of war from antiquity to Clausewitz from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Particular attention is given to texts, images, and their interaction.

Military art and science --- War (Philosophy). --- History. --- Philosophy. --- --Stratégie --- --Berlin --- War (Philosophy) --- Guerre --- --Philosophie --- --Histoire --- --Colloque --- --2008 --- --actes --- --Philosophy --- History --- Military history --- Naval history --- War --- Philosophy --- Military art and science - Philosophy --- Military art and science - History --- Stratégie --- Philosophie --- Histoire --- Colloque --- Berlin --- Antiquity/Reception.