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II. NATURE AND NUMBER

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION xi
  6. I. THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH 1
  7. II. NATURE AND NUMBER 26
  8. III. HEAVEN AND EARTH 50
  9. IV. THE COSMOS OF ARISTOTLE 80
  10. V. THE WORLD OF THE ATOM 105
  11. VI. THE WORLD OF THE CONTINUUM 132
  12. VII. THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THINGS 158
  13. VIII. COSMOGONIES 184
  14. IX. THE BEGINNINGS OF ASTROPHYSICS 204
  15. X. LIMITS OF GREEK SCIENCE 222
  16. LIST OF SOURCES QUOTED 245
  17. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 250
  18. INDEX 251
The Physical World of the Greeks
This chapter is in the book The Physical World of the Greeks
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400858996.26

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION xi
  6. I. THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH 1
  7. II. NATURE AND NUMBER 26
  8. III. HEAVEN AND EARTH 50
  9. IV. THE COSMOS OF ARISTOTLE 80
  10. V. THE WORLD OF THE ATOM 105
  11. VI. THE WORLD OF THE CONTINUUM 132
  12. VII. THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THINGS 158
  13. VIII. COSMOGONIES 184
  14. IX. THE BEGINNINGS OF ASTROPHYSICS 204
  15. X. LIMITS OF GREEK SCIENCE 222
  16. LIST OF SOURCES QUOTED 245
  17. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 250
  18. INDEX 251
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