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The volume presents phenomena of classification and categorisation
in ancient and modern cultures and provides an overview of how
cultural practices and cognitive systems interact when individuals
or larger groups conceptually organize their world. Scientists of
antiquity studies, anthropologists, linguists etc. will find
methods to reconstruct early concepts of men and nature from a
synchronic and diachronic comparative perspective.
Ancient cultures have left written evidence of a variety of
scientific texts. But how can/should they be translated? Is it
possible to use modern concepts (and terminology) in their
translation and which consequences result from this practice?
Scholars of various disciplines discuss the practice of translating
ancient scientific texts and present examples of these texts and
their translations.
Medicine, astronomy, dealing with numbers a ' even the cultures of
the a oepre-moderna world offer a rich spectrum of scientific
texts. But how are they best translated? Is it sufficient to
translate the sources into modern scientific language, and thereby
above all to identify their deficits? Or would it be better to
adopt the perspective of the sources themselves, strange as they
are, only for them not to be properly understood by modern readers?
Renowned representatives of various disciplines and traditions
present a controversial and constructive discussion of these
problems.
Since the dawn of humanity, people have developed concepts about
themselves and the natural world in which they live. This volume
aims at investigating the construction and transfer of such
concepts between and within various ancient and medieval cultures.
The single contributions try to answer questions concerning the
sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation
as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a
comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts:
The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical
and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal
with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of
the end of the world in fire.
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