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Magic, Reason and Experience - Studies in the Origins and Development of Greek Science (Paperback, Us ed.)
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Magic, Reason and Experience - Studies in the Origins and Development of Greek Science (Paperback, Us ed.)
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Discovery Miles 5 740
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This study of the origins and progress of Greek science focuses
especially on the interaction between scientific and traditional
patterns of thought from the sixth to the fourth century BC. It
begins with an examination of how particular Greek authors deployed
the category of "magic," sometimes attacking its beliefs and
practices; these attacks are then related to their background in
Greek medicine and philosophical thought. In his second chapter
Lloyd outlines developments in the theory and practice of argument
in Greek science and assesses their significance. He next discuses
the progress of empirical research as a scientific tool from the
Presocratics to Aristotle. Finally, he considers why the Greeks
invented science, their contribution to its history, and the
social, economic, ideological and political factors that had a
bearing on its growth.
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