Anaximander and the architects :: the contributions of Egyptian and Greek architectural technologies to the origins of Greek philosophy /

Bypassing Aristotle to look at evidence directly from the sixth century BCE, Hahn (philosophy, Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale) shows how the architects and their projects supplied their Ionian communities with a sprouting vision of natural order governed by structural laws. He argues that their tec...

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1. Verfasser: Hahn, Robert, 1952-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.
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Zusammenfassung:Bypassing Aristotle to look at evidence directly from the sixth century BCE, Hahn (philosophy, Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale) shows how the architects and their projects supplied their Ionian communities with a sprouting vision of natural order governed by structural laws. He argues that their technological innovations and design techniques formed the core of an experimental science and promoted a rational, not mythopoetical, discourse central to our understanding of the context in which early Greek philosophy emerged. He illuminates Anaximander's prose book and rationalizing mentality by appealing to the ongoing extraordinary projects of the archaic architects. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiii, 326 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index.
ISBN:9780791491546
0791491544
0791447936
9780791447932

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