Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd, G. E. R. Lloyd

The Ambitions of Curiosity

Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China
Herausgeber: Skinner, Quentin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 2002 study of the development of systematic inquiry in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 447g
• ISBN-13: 9780521815420
• ISBN-10: 0521815428
• Artikelnr.: 29337390

Autorenporträt

G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge; he was Master of Darwin College from 1989 to 2000.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Histories, annals, myths
2. The modalities of prediction
3. The number of things
4. Applications and applicabilities
5. The language of learning
6. Individuals and institutions
Glossary of Chinese and Greek terms
Bibliography
Index.