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Heaven and Earth in ancient Greek cosmology : from Thales to Heraclides Ponticus
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ISBN: 1441981152 9786613088369 1441981160 1283088363 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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In Miletus, about 550 B.C., together with our world-picture cosmology was born. This book tells the story. In Part One the reader is introduced in the archaic world-picture of a flat earth with the cupola of the celestial vault onto which the celestial bodies are attached. One of the subjects treated in that context is the riddle of the tilted celestial axis. This part also contains an extensive chapter on archaic astronomical instruments. Part Two shows how Anaximander (610-547 B.C.) blew up this archaic world-picture and replaced it by a new one that is essentially still ours. He taught that the celestial bodies orbit at different distances and that the earth floats unsupported in space. This makes him the founding father of cosmology. Part Three discusses topics that completed the new picture described by Anaximander. Special attention is paid to the confrontation between Anaxagoras and Aristotle on the question whether the earth is flat or spherical, and on the battle between Aristotle and Heraclides Ponticus on the question whether the universe is finite or infinite. “In this book, Dirk L. Couprie presents his efforts at clarifying the views of the pioneers of theoretical cosmology. It covers the crucial period from about the middle of the sixth until the middle of the fourth century B.C., with its focus on the magnificent figure of Anaximander. The book by Dirk Couprie constitutes an important and in several respects indispensable contribution to this field.” Dmitri Panchenko St. Petersburg State University.


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Il Poxy. 664 di Eraclide Pontico e la cronologia dei Cipselidi.
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ISBN: 8822244451 9788822244451 Year: 1996 Volume: 7 158 Publisher: Firenze Olschki

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Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Manuscripts. --- 091 =75 --- 091:1 --- 091 HERACLIDES PONTICUS --- 091 <41 OXFORD> --- -Greek papyri --- Papyri, Greek --- Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri) --- Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Grieks --- Handschriften i.v.m. wijsbegeerte --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--HERACLIDES PONTICUS --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--OXFORD --- Manuscripts --- Heraclides Ponticus --- -Manuscripts --- Greece --- History --- -Chronology. --- -Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Grieks --- 091 <41 OXFORD> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--OXFORD --- 091 HERACLIDES PONTICUS Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--HERACLIDES PONTICUS --- 091:1 Handschriften i.v.m. wijsbegeerte --- 091 =75 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Grieks --- Griechenland --- Grèce --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- Greek papyri --- Heraclides, --- Eraclide, --- Herakleidēs, --- Ponticus, Heraclides, --- Oxyrhynchus papyri. --- POxy --- Bahnasā (Egypt) --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Al Bahnasā (Egypt) --- El-Bahnasa (Egypt) --- Oxirrinc (Egypt) --- Oxyrhynchos (Egypt) --- Antiquities. --- Chronology. --- Heraklides, --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Egypt - Bahnasā --- Philosophy, Ancient - Manuscripts.

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