The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy 在线电子书 图书标签: 古希腊 技术 哲学 自然哲学 古罗马
发表于2024-11-11
The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024
It has long been thought that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously as part of the workings of nature, and that therefore their natural philosophy was both primitive and marginal. In this 2009 book Sylvia Berryman challenges that assumption, arguing that the idea that the world works 'like a machine' can be found in ancient Greek thought, predating the early modern philosophy with which it is most closely associated. Her discussion ranges over topics including balancing and equilibrium, lifting water, sphere-making and models of the heavens, and ancient Greek pneumatic theory, with detailed analysis of thinkers such as Aristotle, Archimedes, and Hero of Alexandria. Her book shows scholars of ancient Greek philosophy why it is necessary to pay attention to mechanics, and shows historians of science why the differences between ancient and modern reactions to mechanics are not as great as was generally thought.
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The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024