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Concepts of Space in Greek Thought

By Keimpe Algra

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
1995
ISBN
9004101721, 9789004101722
ISSN
0079-1687
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28084110 bytes)
Series
Philosophia antiqua 65
Pages
x+366\379
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-08-03 22:42:20
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Description

Concepts of Space in Greek Thought studies ancient Greek theories of physical space and place, in particular those of the classical and Hellenistic period. These theories are explained primarily with reference to the general philosophical or methodological framework within which they took shape. Special attention is paid to the nature and status of the sources. Two introductory chapters deal with the interrelations between various concepts of space and with Greek spatial terminology (including case studies of the Eleatics, Democritus and Epicurus). The remaining chapters contain detailed studies on the theories of space of Plato, Aristotle, the early Peripatetics and the Stoics. The book is especially useful for historians of ancient physics, but may also be of interest to students of Aristotelian dialectic, ancient metaphysics, doxography, and medieval and early modern physics.

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