Cleomede’s Lectures on Astronomy A Translation of The Heavens 1st Edition by Robert Todd, Alan Bowen 0520233255 9780520233256

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ISBN 10: 0520233255

ISBN 13: 9780520233256

Author: Robert B. Todd, Alan C. Bowen

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.

Table of contents:

Introduction
Book One of Cleomedes’. The Heavens
APPENDIX: POSIDONIUS ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMIE
GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PASSAGES FROM COLLECTIONS IN COLLECTIONS OF TEXTS
GENERAL INDEX
INDEX LOCORUM

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