Benjamin Farrington

Gebundenes Buch

Science and Politics in the Ancient World

Beschreibung

This book, originally published in 1965, discusses the political implication of the spread of science in antiquity. It reveals how the real Greek spirit of scientific research was crushed by Plato and Aristotle, long thought-of as searchers for truth.

Autor

Benjamin Farrington was an Irish scholar and professor of Classics, teaching in Ireland, South Africa , and Great Britain. Although his academic career spanned several disciplines, he is most well known for his contributions to the history of Greek science. Moreover, within the development of the discipline his books were some of the first written in the English language that focused specifically on Greek science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781138201606
• ISBN-10: 113820160X
• Artikelnr.: 69943343