| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 326 pages :) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index. |
| Summary |
Bypassing Aristotle to look at evidence directly from the sixth century BCE, Hahn (philosophy, Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale) shows how the architects and their projects supplied their Ionian communities with a sprouting vision of natural order governed by structural laws. He argues that their technological innovations and design techniques formed the core of an experimental science and promoted a rational, not mythopoetical, discourse central to our understanding of the context in which early Greek philosophy emerged. He illuminates Anaximander's prose book and rationalizing mentality by appealing to the ongoing extraordinary projects of the archaic architects. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Anaximander.
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Anaximander. |
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Anaximander. |
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Architecture, Ancient -- Egypt -- Influence.
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Architecture, Ancient. |
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Egypt. |
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Architecture, Ancient -- Greece -- Influence.
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Greece. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hahn, Robert, 1952- Anaximander and the architects. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001 (DLC) 00036567 |
| ISBN |
9780791491546 (electronic book) |
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0791491544 (electronic book) |
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0791447936 |
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9780791447932 |
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9780791447932 |
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0791447936 (alkaline paper) |
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0791447944 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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