Magic, Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science
ISBN-13:
9780521223737
ISBN-10:
0521223733
Edition:
0
Author:
G. E. R. Lloyd
Publication date:
1979
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
348 pages
Category:
Greece
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
History & Philosophy
,
Greek & Roman
,
Philosophy
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ISBN-13:
9780521223737
ISBN-10:
0521223733
Edition:
0
Author:
G. E. R. Lloyd
Publication date:
1979
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
348 pages
Category:
Greece
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
History & Philosophy
,
Greek & Roman
,
Philosophy
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Magic, Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science (ISBN-13: 9780521223737 and ISBN-10: 0521223733), written by authors
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This book is a study of the origins and development of Greek science, focusing especially on the interactions of scientific and traditional patterns of thought from the sixth to the fourth centuries BC. The starting point is an examination of how certain Greek authors deployed the category of 'magic' and attacked magical beliefs and practices, and these attacks are related to their complex background in Greek medicine and speculative thought. In his second chapter Dr Lloyd outlines the development, and assesses the significance, of the theory and practice of argument in early Greek science, and he follows this with a study of the development of empirical research. Finally the author confronts the question of why the Greeks invented science: what precisely was their contribution to science, and what social, economic, ideological and political factors had a bearing on the growth of science in Greece.
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