Ambitions of Curiosity - Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China

Informationen zum Autor G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge; he was Master of Darwin College from 1989 to 2000. Klappentext A 2002 study of the development of systematic inquiry in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China. Zusammenfassung This 2002 book explores the origins of systematic inquiry into science! historiography! and language in ancient Greece! Mesopotamia and China. It investigates how and why research developed differently in these societies and illustrates the tensions that existed between state control and individual innovation and the different ways those tensions were resolved. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Histories, annals, myths; 2. The modalities of prediction; 3. The number of things; 4. Applications and applicabilities; 5. The language of learning; 6. Individuals and institutions; Glossary of Chinese and Greek terms; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: G. E. R. Lloyd, Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd
• Assisted by: Quentin Skinner (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2002
• EAN: 9780521815420
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81542-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education