The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science

The Revolutions of Wisdom

Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science

G.E.R. Lloyd

Suggested citation:
Lloyd, G.E.R. The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1995. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8h4nb53w/

Preface
Editions and Abbreviations Used

Chapter One— The Displacements of Mythology
Chapter Two— Tradition and Innovation, Text and Context
Chapter Three— Dogmatism and Uncertainty
Chapter Four— Metaphor and the Language of Science
Chapter Five— Measurement and Mystification
Chapter Six— Idealisations and Elisions

Bibliography

Contents