The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

Edited by Jacques Brunschwig

Edited by Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd

Translated by Catherine Porter

    Translators' Note

    Introduction

    Maps

    The Philosopher

    Epistemology

    Schools and Sites of Learning

    Observation and Research

    Demonstration and the Idea of Science

    Astronomy

    Cosmology

    Geography

    Harmonics

    History

    Language

    Logic

    Mathematics

    Medicine

    Physics

    Poetics

    Rhetoric

    Technology

    Theology and Divination

    Theories of Religion

    Chronology

    Contributors

    Index

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Jacques Brunschwig is Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of Paris. He is the author of Papers in Hellenistic Philosophy (Cambridge University Press).

Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd succeeded Moses Finley as Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous works on the classical period, among them Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle; Greek Science after Aristotle; and Magic, Reason, and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science.