Abstract
In the mid-first century BC Geminus of Rhodes, a scientist and philosopher close to Posidonius, composed a comprehensive Theory of Mathematical Sciences, in the surviving fragments of which the numerous characters are referred to plainly by name, with some of them being namesakes of other, more well-known mathematicians and philosophers. This paper tries to set apart the namesakes of Geminus, of which there are four in his fragments: Theodorus, Hippias, Oenopides, and Menaechmus.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics on the Sameness of Friendship and Justice
- Chrysippus’ Theory of Cosmic Pneuma: Some Remarks in Light of Medical and Biological Doctrines on Respiration, Digestion and Pulse
- The Non-kinetic Origins of Aristotle’s Concept of Ἐνέργεια
- Plato’s Timaeus and the Limits of Natural Science
- Plato’s Use of Mogis (Scarcely, with Toil) and the Accessibility of the Divine
- Divine Agency and Politics in Plato’s Myth of Atlantis
- The Menaechmi
- Aristotle on the Beginning of Animal Life and Soul Activities
- Aristotle’s Logic of Biological Diversity
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics on the Sameness of Friendship and Justice
- Chrysippus’ Theory of Cosmic Pneuma: Some Remarks in Light of Medical and Biological Doctrines on Respiration, Digestion and Pulse
- The Non-kinetic Origins of Aristotle’s Concept of Ἐνέργεια
- Plato’s Timaeus and the Limits of Natural Science
- Plato’s Use of Mogis (Scarcely, with Toil) and the Accessibility of the Divine
- Divine Agency and Politics in Plato’s Myth of Atlantis
- The Menaechmi
- Aristotle on the Beginning of Animal Life and Soul Activities
- Aristotle’s Logic of Biological Diversity