The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.

Jacques Brunschwig is Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of Paris Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd is Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge.

Translators' Note

vii

Introduction

ix

Maps

xiv

The Philosopher

1

(17)

Epistemology

18

(22)

Schools and Sites of Learning

40

(27)

Observation and Research

67

(25)

Demonstration and the Idea of Science

92

(26)

Astronomy

118

(10)

Cosmology

128

(20)

Geography

148

(13)

Harmonics

161

(16)

History

177

(10)

Language

187

(17)

Logic

204

(31)

Mathematics

235

(28)

Medicine

263

(19)

Physics

282

(19)

Poetics

301

(13)

Rhetoric

314

(21)

Technology

335

(12)

Theology

347

(13)

Theories of Religion

360

(13)

Chronology

373

(8)

Contributors

381

(2)

Index

383

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