Anaximander in Context

, by Couprie, Dirk L.; Hahn, Robert; Naddaf, Gerard

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ISBN: 9780791455371 | 0791455378
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Copyright: 11/1/2002

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Dirk L. Couprie is an independent researcher and former Associate Professor at the University of Leiden.

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

xiii

Introduction

(8)

Anthropogony and Politogony in Anaximander of Miletus

Gerard Naddaf

Prologue

(1)

The Origin of Humanity in Traditional (or Mythical) Thought

(3)

The Origin of Animals and Humanity According to Anaximander

(4)

The Origin of Society According to Mythical Accounts

(2)

Some Reflections on the Evolution of the Polis before Anaximander

(1)

The Emergence of the Polis and the Invention of Politics

(12)

The Origin and Development of Society in Anaximander

(11)

The Legend of Danaus, the Danaides, and History

(2)

Danaus and the Alphabet

(3)

Anaximander's Map: The Canvas of the Oikoumene

(8)

Notes

(17)

Proportions and Numbers in Anaximander and Early Greek Thought

Robert Hahn

Prologue

(5)

Proportionality in Anaximander's Cosmic Architecture

(12)

Proportionality and Numbers in Archaic Architecture

(31)

The Number ``3'' and Architectural Trisecting

(8)

The Idea of Organic Growth in Sacred Architecture

(2)

Metrological Studies of Ancient Buildings

100

(5)

Wesenberg's Case for the Canon of Ionic Proportions: 1:9 not 1:10

105

(4)

Schaber's Case Study of the Archaic Artemision: Proportion, Numbers, and Organic Growth

109

(9)

The Temple's Inner Built Structure is Usually 3:1---The Metrologies of the Archaic Temples in Samos and Didyma

118

(3)

Literary Formulas and Proportionalities

121

(4)

Sculptural Formulas and Polykleitos' Canon

125

(5)

Anaximander's Cosmic Formula Revisited

130

(19)

The Architect's Design Formula

130

(5)

The Architect's Design Formula and the Cosmic Meaning of the Roof

135

(14)

Epilogue

149

(3)

Notes

152

(15)

The Discovery of Space: Anaximander's Astronomy

Dirk L. Couprie

Prologue

167

(6)

First Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: The Anachronistic Fallacy

173

(7)

More Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Naked Eye

180

(3)

A Further Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Help of a Gnomon

183

(11)

A Last Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Anaximander's Map of the World

194

(7)

Anaximander's Big Achievement: The Discovery of Space

201

(10)

The Celestial Bodies Make Full Circles around the Earth

201

(1)

The Earth Floats Unsupported in Space

202

(6)

The Celestial Bodies Lie behind One Another

208

(3)

Anaximander's Numbers and a Map of His Universe

211

(7)

Wheels in Space: A Three-Dimensional Visualization of Anaximander's Universe

218

(10)

Anaximander and the Representation of the Heavens in Ptolemaic Egyptian Art

228

(9)

Conclusion

237

(4)

Notes

241

(14)

Bibliography

255

(18)

Index of Concepts and Proper Names

273

(12)

Index of Classical Passages Cited

285

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