In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the anci...Loe edasi...
Revises customary views about the relationship between medicine, cosmology, and philosophy in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE through a fresh analysis of the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009517577)
What is the relationship between forms of thought in literature, philosophy and visual art in ancient Greece, and how are these forms related to their socio-political and economic context? This is the question raised by Richard Seaford in his final b...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009422796)
Stoic cosmology held that our cosmos is periodically destroyed and restored. In this, it is unique compared to earlier cosmologies. Ricardo Salles offers a detailed reconstruction of the philosophical ideas behind this thesis which explains its uniqu...Loe edasi...
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR Anaximander is a delight and so is this book -- James McConnachie, Sunday Times Now widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovellis first book: the thrilling story of a little-kn...Loe edasi...
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the anci...Loe edasi...
Platos Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Platos famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil...Loe edasi...
Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cos...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-May-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009202992)
Revises customary views about the relationship between medicine, cosmology, and philosophy in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE through a fresh analysis of the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen--...Loe edasi...
In antiquity living beings are inextricably linked to the cosmos as a whole. Ancient biology and cosmology depend upon one another and therefore a complete understanding of one requires a full account of the other. This volume addresses many philosop...Loe edasi...
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology...Loe edasi...
The articles in this volume present an important selection of Jao Tsung-is research in the field of the early Chinese intellectual tradition, especially as concerns the question of the conditio humana. Whether his focus is on myth, religion, philos...Loe edasi...
The book breaks new ground by examining ideas about the cosmos, its shape, and its origin in late antiquity. Leading international experts discuss key texts and situate them in their historical environment. Les artic...Loe edasi...
How did the ancient Greeks and Romans conceptualise order? This book answers that question by analysing the formative concept of kosmos (order, arrangement, ornament) in ancient literature, philosophy, science, art, and religion. This concept e...Loe edasi...
Platos Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Platos famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil...Loe edasi...
De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy and a work of both cosmology and theology, inspired by Aristotle. It is unique in presenting both a scientific explanation of the universe and a philosophical account focusing on the supreme cause of the univers...Loe edasi...
Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmo...Loe edasi...
In this volume Costache traces the progress of early Christians from fearing the world to embracing it through personal transformation, natural contemplation, and multidisciplinary perspectives....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Jun-2021, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108836579)
In antiquity living beings are inextricably linked to the cosmos as a whole. Ancient biology and cosmology depend upon one another and therefore a complete understanding of one requires a full account of the other. This volume addresses many philoso...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Dec-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108834780)
De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy in the form of a letter to Alexander the Great and is traditionally ascribed to Aristotle. It offers a unique view of the cosmos, God and their relationship, which was inspired by Aristotle but written by a lat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Oct-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108488174)
In this book, Efrosyni Boutsikas examines ancient Greek religious performances, intricately orchestrated displays comprising topography, architecture, space, cult, and myth. These various elements were unified in a way that integrated the body within...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Nov-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691183657)
This compelling guide to the Stoic view of the divine is an accessible new translation of Cicero’s influential writings, giving eloquent expression to the religious ideas of one of the most popular schools of Roman and Greek philosophy. ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jul-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108423649)
A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary discussion of the notion of kosmos as order, arrangement, and ornament in Greco-Roman antiquity. This book traces this concept from its inception in Homer, through its canonisation by Plato, to its ultimate transf...Loe edasi...
Greek theologians Origen of Alexandria (185-254) and Basil of Caesarea (329-379) both received a secular education, and studied the writings of the Greek philosophers and scholars, says Rasmussen, but eventually dedicated themselves to theologica...Loe edasi...
The story of a major scientific discovery, solving one of the greatest puzzles on Earth. Connects geoscience and astronomy with ancient archaeology to uncover an astronmical code used for over 40,000 years. Explains the meaning of some of the greates...Loe edasi...
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the anci...Loe edasi...
Revises customary views about the relationship between medicine, cosmology, and philosophy in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE through a fresh analysis of the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009517577)
What is the relationship between forms of thought in literature, philosophy and visual art in ancient Greece, and how are these forms related to their socio-political and economic context? This is the question raised by Richard Seaford in his final b...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009422796)
Stoic cosmology held that our cosmos is periodically destroyed and restored. In this, it is unique compared to earlier cosmologies. Ricardo Salles offers a detailed reconstruction of the philosophical ideas behind this thesis which explains its uniqu...Loe edasi...
This book surveys how humans across Eurasia depicted their knowledge of the heavens over a period of nearly 4,000 years. Frequently focusing on enigmatic objects, the authors present a wide variety of objects – through text and pictures – from tombs,...Loe edasi...
This book surveys how humans across Eurasia depicted their knowledge of the heavens over a period of nearly 4,000 years. Frequently focusing on enigmatic objects, the authors present a wide variety of objects – through text and pictures – from tombs,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Mar-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The University of Michigan Press, ISBN-13: 9780472054831)
Distinguished Latinist Andrew R. Dyck presents the first English commentary on Ciceros De natura deorum II in over fifty years. This text is the only connected exposition of Stoic theology to survive from the ancient world. It includes an argument f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Mar-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: The University of Michigan Press, ISBN-13: 9780472074839)
First English commentary on Cicero’s examination of the gods in over fifty years Distinguished Latinist Andrew R. Dyck presents the first English commentary on Cicero’s De Natura Deorum II in over fifty years. This text is the only...Loe edasi...
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR Anaximander is a delight and so is this book -- James McConnachie, Sunday Times Now widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovellis first book: the thrilling story of a little-kn...Loe edasi...
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the anci...Loe edasi...
Platos Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Platos famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil...Loe edasi...
Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cos...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-May-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009202992)
Revises customary views about the relationship between medicine, cosmology, and philosophy in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE through a fresh analysis of the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen--...Loe edasi...
In antiquity living beings are inextricably linked to the cosmos as a whole. Ancient biology and cosmology depend upon one another and therefore a complete understanding of one requires a full account of the other. This volume addresses many philosop...Loe edasi...
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Feb-2023, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9780241635049)
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A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR Anaximander is a delight and so is this book -- James McConnachie, Sunday Times Now widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovellis first book: the thrilling story of a little-kn...Loe edasi...
The articles in this volume present an important selection of Jao Tsung-is research in the field of the early Chinese intellectual tradition, especially as concerns the question of the conditio humana. Whether his focus is on myth, religion, philos...Loe edasi...
The book breaks new ground by examining ideas about the cosmos, its shape, and its origin in late antiquity. Leading international experts discuss key texts and situate them in their historical environment. Les artic...Loe edasi...
How did the ancient Greeks and Romans conceptualise order? This book answers that question by analysing the formative concept of kosmos (order, arrangement, ornament) in ancient literature, philosophy, science, art, and religion. This concept e...Loe edasi...
A detailed examination of the role played by shamanism and communication with higher intelligences in the development of ancient civilizations. Explores how our ancestors used shamanic rituals at sacred sites to create portals for communication with...Loe edasi...
