Written primarily in Greek, 1990 edition

At some time around 200 A.D., the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was "The Heavens" (Caelestia), the only work by a professional Stoic teacher to survive intact from the first two centuries A.D., and a rare example of the interaction between science and philosophy in late antiquity. This volume contains a clear and idiomatic English translation - the first ever - of "The Heavens", along with an informative introduction, detailed notes, and technical diagrams. This important work will now be accessible to specialists in both ancient philosophy and science and to readers interested in the history of astronomy and cosmology but with no knowledge of ancient Greek.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Kleomedous Kyklikes, Theorias Meteopon, Vivlia Duo Cleomedes C.C.T Schmidt, 1832

Cleomede etait un philosophe stoicien du debut de notre ere. Son traite, souvent considere comme manuel d'astronomie, est plus exactement un Cours de cosmologie. Depuis longtemps cet ouvrage - sans doute le seul texte de physique stoicienne integralement conserve - a souleve l'interet des historiens des sciences et de la philosophie, a qui il offrait de precieux temoignages sur la litterature savante perdue d'epoque hellenistique. L'introduction, la traduction francaise et le commentaire qu'offre le present livre, ainsi que les notes de critique textuelle fondees sur un examen de la tradition manuscrite, la bibliographie, les schemas astronomiques et les nombreux indices qu'il comprend permettront donc un acces plus sur a la Theorie elementaire de Cleomede.