Anaxagoras and the birth of physics,
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York,
Blaisdell
[1964]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Series: | History of physics. ;
ser. 1: Natural philosophy before Aristotle. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Anaxagoras and the birth of physics
- 1. Anaxagoras' life and times
- 2. The constitution of matter
- 3. The elementary substances
- 4. The foundations of dynamics
- 5. Mind and the theory of perception
- 6. The creation of the world
- 7. Specific physical theories
- 8. Astronomy
- 9. Earth sciences
- 10. Biology
- Part II. The Ancient Sources
- Plato (1-13)
- Xemphon (14)
- Isocrates (15)
- Demosthenes (16)
- Aristotle (17-85)
- Theophrastus (86-93)
- The Inscription on the Parian Marble (Marmor Parium) (94)
- Satyrus (95-96)
- Lucretius (97)
- Cicero (98-108)
- Varro (109)
- Philodemus (110-118)
- Diodorus of Sicily (115-118)
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus (119-120)
- Strabo (121)
- Vitruvius (122-125)
- Philo (126-129)
- Valerius Maximus (130-134)
- Seneca
- Pliny (140-141)
- Josephus (142-143)
- Dio Chrysostom (144)
- Quintilian (145)
- Probus (146-147)
- Clement of Rome (148)
- Plutarch (149-197)
- From a Chronological Inscription (198)
- Aspasius (199)
- Justin Martyr
- Fronto (201)
- Lucian (202)
- Apuleius (203)
- Aulus Gellius (204)
- Maximus of Tyre (205)
- Aelius Aristides (206-210)
- Galen (211-236)
- Irenaeus (237)
- Sextus Empiricus (238-246)
- Athenaeus (247-249)
- Clement of Alexandria (250-254)
- Tertullian (255-257)
- Aelian (258-261)
- Philostratus (262-266)
- Origen (267-269)
- Origen (Hippolytus?) (207-273)
- Censorinus (274)
- Minucius Felix (275)
- Solinus (276)
- Plotinus (277-278)
- Harpocration (279)
- Alexander of Aphrodisias (280-335)
- Diogenes Laertius (336-354)
- Lactantius (355-364)
- Iamblichus (365-366)
- Eusebius (367-386)
- Chalcidius (387-389)
- Servius (390)
- Julian (391-392)
- Labnius (393-395)
- Ammianus Marcellinus (396-398)
- Gregory of Nazianzus (399)
- Themistius (400-430)
- Nemesius (431)
- Jerome (432)
- Martianus Capella (433)
- Augustine (434-438)
- Cyril of Alexandria (439-440)
- Syrianus (441-444)
- Theodoretus (445-460)
- Hero of Alexandria (461)
- Proclus (462-469)
- Sidonius Apollinaris (470-471)
- Hermias (philosophus) (472)
- Hermias (christianus) (473)
- Stobaeus (474-493)
- Philoponus (494-562)
- Boethius (563)
- Damascius (564)
- Asclepius of Tralles (565-594)
- Lydus (595-597)
- Olympiodorus (598-611)
- Simplicius (612-707)
- Part III. The ancient and modern traditions about Anaxagoras
- Chapter 1. On the reliability of the sources
- Chapter 2. Ancient traditions about Anaxagoras
- 1. Reliable traditions
- 2. Expanded traditions based on reliable data
- 3. Traditions constructed from allusions of misreadings or from historical probability
- 4. Traditions in which Anaxagoras is confused with others
- 5. Late traditions whose validity is uncertain
- Chapter 3. So-called fragments
- 1. Scholarly opinion concerning quotations of Anaxagoras' words
- 2. "Direct Quotations from Anaxagoras' Book" brought by Simplicius
- A. Same "Quotations" appear differently in different places
- B. It is often impossible to tell where the "Quotations" begin or end
- C. "Quotations" are full of interpolations
- D. Presence or absence of Ionic forms is not a deciding factor
- E. It is impossible to establish order among different "Quotations" or among the parts of a single long "Quotation"
- F. Simplicius did not have Anaxagoras book-G. Some of the "Quotations" may not be even remotely related to Anaxagoras' words
- 3. How the ancient handbooks of "Quotations" originated
- A. Illustrative excerpts are quoted in the works of Aristotle
- B. Most of the "Quotations" are meant to serve as source material to illustrate statements of Aristotle
- C. Evidence outside of Simplicius' writings for the existence of these handbooks
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. A survey of modern interpretations of Anaxagoras' work
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Seventeenth century
- 3. Eighteenth century
- 4. First half of the nineteenth century
- 5. Second half of the nineteenth century
- 6. The first half of the twentieth century.