Ancient Natural History : Histories of Nature
by
Roger French
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Sciences of Antiquity
ISBN-10
0415088801
ISBN-13
9780415088800
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 27th, 1994
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
771 grams
Product Classification:
European historyAncient history: to c 500 CEHistory of ideas
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Ancient Natural History surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature and finds that the same material was used to justify both Greek philosopher and Christian allegorist.
Ancient Natural History surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature. The writings of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Strabo, Pliny are examined, as well as the popular beliefs of their contemporaries. Roger French finds that the same natural-historical material was used to serve the purposes of both the Greek philosopher and the Christian allegorist, or of a taxonomist like Theophrastus and a collector of curiosa like Pliny. He argues convincingly that the motives of ancient writers on nature were rarely `scientific'' and, indeed, that there was not really any science at all in the ancient world.
This book will make fascinating reading for students, academics and anyone who is interested in the history of science, or in the ancient history of ideas.
This book will make fascinating reading for students, academics and anyone who is interested in the history of science, or in the ancient history of ideas.
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