What Did the Romans Know?: An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking

Lehoux, Daryn

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Editorial: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 2012

0226471144 / 9780226471143

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Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. HARDCOVER edition. Not a KINDLE or digital download edition. NEW and unread in a NEW dust jacket. Near PERFECT condition with only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips, tears or fading. We have only this one copy, but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson, Nevada. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original silver-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans’ views about the natural world have no place in modern science—the umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people that roamed the earth and the stars that foretold human destinies—their claims turn out not to be so radically different from our own. Lehoux draws upon a wide range of sources from what is unquestionably the most prolific period of ancient science, from the first century BC to the second century AD. He begins with Cicero’s theologico-philosophical trilogy On the Nature of the Gods, On Divination, and On Fate, illustrating how Cicero’s engagement with nature is closely related to his concerns in politics, religion, and law. Lehoux then guides readers through highly technical works by Galen and Ptolemy, as well as the more philosophically oriented physics and cosmologies of Lucretius, Plutarch, and Seneca, all the while exploring the complex interrelationships between the objects of scientific inquiry and the norms, processes, and structures of that inquiry. This includes not only the tools and methods the Romans used to investigate nature, but also the Romans’ cultural, intellectual, political, and religious perspectives. Lehoux concludes by sketching a methodology that uses the historical material he has carefully explained to directly engage the philosophical questions of incommensurability, realism, and relativism. By situating Roman arguments about the natural world in their larger philosophical, political, and rhetorical contexts, What Did the Romans Know? demonstrates that the Romans had sophisticated and novel approaches to nature, approaches that were empirically rigorous, philosophically rich, and epistemologically complex.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by HARDCOVER edition. 8vo. xii, 275pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Título
What Did the Romans Know?: An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking
Autor
Lehoux, Daryn
Editorial
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London
Año de publicación
2012
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New condition
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New dust jacket
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0226471144
ISBN 13
9780226471143
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HARDCOVER edition
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First Printing of the First Edition.

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