Ptolemy's Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ptolemy's Philosophy write by Jacqueline Feke. This book was released on 2020-10-13. Ptolemy's Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A stimulating intellectual history of Ptolemy's philosophy and his conception of a world in which mathematics reigns supreme The Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, but his philosophy is almost entirely lost to history. This groundbreaking book is the first to reconstruct Ptolemy’s general philosophical system—including his metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics—and to explore its relationship to astronomy, harmonics, element theory, astrology, cosmology, psychology, and theology. In this stimulating intellectual history, Jacqueline Feke uncovers references to a complex and sophisticated philosophical agenda scattered among Ptolemy’s technical studies in the physical and mathematical sciences. She shows how he developed a philosophy that was radical and even subversive, appropriating ideas and turning them against the very philosophers from whom he drew influence. Feke reveals how Ptolemy’s unique system is at once a critique of prevailing philosophical trends and a conception of the world in which mathematics reigns supreme. A compelling work of scholarship, Ptolemy’s Philosophy demonstrates how Ptolemy situated mathematics at the very foundation of all philosophy—theoretical and practical—and advanced the mathematical way of life as the true path to human perfection.
Ptolemy's Universe
Ptolemy's Universe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ptolemy's Universe write by Liba Chaia Taub. This book was released on 1993. Ptolemy's Universe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Claudius Ptolemy, one of the greatest scientists of all time, probably lived in Alexandria in the second century A.D. His writings dominated astronomy and cosmology in medieval times. The replacement of his Earth-centered cosmology by the Sun-centered cosmology of Copernicus is the most celebrated event in the history of science. Yet, although there has been much scholarly discussion of the mathematical aspects of Ptolemy's astronomy, little attention has been paid to the philosophical, and particularly the ethical, ideas which animate the astronomy. Ptolemy's Universe is the first modern examination of Ptolemy's thought as a whole, and its place in Greek intellectual culture.
Ptolemy's First Commentator
Ptolemy's First Commentator - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ptolemy's First Commentator write by Alexander Jones. This book was released on 1990. Ptolemy's First Commentator available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ptolemy's Almagest
Ptolemy's Almagest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ptolemy's Almagest write by Ptolemy. This book was released on 1998-11-08. Ptolemy's Almagest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.
Ptolemy's Theory of the Distances and Sizes of the Planets
Ptolemy's Theory of the Distances and Sizes of the Planets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ptolemy's Theory of the Distances and Sizes of the Planets write by Noel M. Swerdlow. This book was released on 1972. Ptolemy's Theory of the Distances and Sizes of the Planets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
