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1 online resource (vii, 301 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Philosophia antiqua : a series of studies on ancient philosophy ; volume 142
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Philosophia antiqua ; v. 142.
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| Contents |
Preface -- List of tables -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- General introduction -- Multiple explanations -- Introduction -- Preliminary observations -- Causes and explanations -- Variations in the use of multiple explanations -- Truth, probability and personal preferences -- Introduction -- Are all alternative explanations true? -- Contestation or disagreement with appearances -- Incompatibility with explanations of other phenomena -- Non-contestation and analogy -- Degrees of probability and personal preferences -- Lucretius' supposed preference for the theories of mathematical astronomy -- Multiple explanations and doxography -- Sources of the method of multiple explanations -- Introduction -- Democritus -- Aristotle -- Theophrastus -- Syriac meteorology -- Conclusions about the origins of the method -- Conclusions -- Range and order of subjects in ancient meteorology -- Introduction -- Range, delimitation and subdivisions of meteorology -- Introduction -- Texts -- Table -- Some observations -- Some conclusions -- Terrestrial phenomena other than earthquakes -- Lucretius -- Parallels in meteorology and paradoxography -- Conclusion -- Order of subjects -- Introduction -- Table -- Some observations -- Proposed original order of subjects -- Deviations from the proposed original order -- Internal structure of chapters and sections -- Relations between the four texts -- Epicurus' letter to pythocles and his "other meteorology" -- Lucretius DRN vi and epicurus' "other meteorology" -- Authorship and identity of the syriac meteorology -- Lucretius, epicurus and the syriac meteorology -- Aëtius' placita and theophrastus' physical opinions -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Epilogue : epicurean cosmology and astronomy -- Shape of the earth -- Introduction -- Historical and conceptual context -- Shape of the earth in antiquity : a historical overview -- Ancient proofs of the earth's sphericity -- Epicurus' ancient critics -- Direction of natural motion and the shape of the earth -- Discussion of relevant passages -- Rejection of centrifocal natural motion (DRN iiopjf.) -- Downward motion (DRN 1162-250) -- Apparent proximity ofthe sun (DRN IV404-413) -- Climatic zones? (DRN v204-205) -- Lucretius' cosmogony (DRN V449-508) -- Stability of the earth (DRN V 534-563) -- Size of the sun (DRN V564-591) -- Centrifocal terminology (DRN V621-636) -- Sunrise and sunset (DRN v650-679) -- Earth's conical shadow (DRN V 762-770) -- The 'limp' of the cosmic axis (DRN 1107) -- Philodemus and the gnomon (PhiL De sign. 47.3-8) -- Conclusions -- General conclusions -- Multiple explanations in epicurus' letter to pythocles -- Multiple explanations in lucretius' DRN V and VI -- General structure of the syriac meteorology -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
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Epicureans (Greek philosophy) |
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Meteorology -- History.
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Meteorology. |
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History. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bakker, Frederik A. Epicurean meteorology. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2016 9789004321564 (DLC) 2016014669 |
| ISBN |
9789004321588 (electronic book) |
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9004321586 (electronic book) |
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900432156X |
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9789004321564 |
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9789004321564 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004321588 |
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