Principles and practices in ancient Greek and Chinese science. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: G.E.R. Lloyd.
• Authors: Lloyd, G. E. R (Geoffrey Ernest Richard), 1933-
• Contents: Contents: Introduction. Greek Medicine: The transformations of ancient medicine; The definition, status and methods of the medical techne in the 5th and 4th centuries; Scholarship, authority and argument in Galen's Quod animi mores; Theories and practices of demonstration in Galen; Mathematics as a model of method in Galen. Greek Mathematics and Philosophy: The alleged fallacy of Hippocrates of Chios; The Meno and the mysteries of mathematics; Plato and Archytas in the seventh letter; Philosophy and medicine in Ancient Greece: cognitive models and their repercussions; The pluralism of intellectual life before Plato; The evolution of evolution: Greco-Roman antiquity and the origin of species. Cross-cultural Comparisons: Mythology: reflections from a Chinese perspective; Appearance and reality: Greek and Chinese comparisons and contrasts; Literacy in Greek and Chinese science: some comparative issues; Is there a future for ancient science?; Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 509.38; Medicine, Greek and Roman; Mathematics, Greek; Philosophy, Ancient; Science, Ancient; Science -- China -- History -- To 1500; Comparative civilization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000939170
• Related ISBNs: 9781000945362
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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