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Cleomedes' lectures on astronomy : a translation of the heavens / Cleomedes ; with an introduction and commentary by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. Todd.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleomedes.
- Series:
- Hellenistic culture and society ; 42.
- Hellenistic culture and society ; 42
- Standardized Title:
- Elementary theory of the heavens. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy, Greek.
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Lectures on astronomy
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At some time around 200 A.D., the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was The Heavens (Caelestia), the only work by a professional Stoic teacher to survive intact from the first two centuries A.D., and a rare example of the interaction between science and philosophy in late antiquity. This volume contains a clear and idiomatic English translation-the first ever-of The Heavens, along with an informative introduction, detailed notes, and technical diagrams. This important work will now be accessible to specialists in both ancient philosophy and science and to readers interested in the history of astronomy and cosmology but with no knowledge of ancient Greek.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Book One of Cleomedes'. The Heavens
- APPENDIX: POSIDONIUS ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMIE
- GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PASSAGES FROM COLLECTIONS IN COLLECTIONS OF TEXTS
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX LOCORUM
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612356780
- 9780520928510
- 0520928512
- 9781282356788
- 128235678X
- 9781597345460
- 1597345466
- OCLC:
- 614607094
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