The 'Posterior Analytics' contains Aristotle's Philosophy of Science. In Book 2, Aristotle asks how the scientist discovers what sort of loss of light constitutes lunar eclipse. The scientist has to d
Aristotle described the scientific explanation of universal or general facts as deducing them through scientific demonstrations, that is, through syllogisms that met requirements of logical validity a
Wright (classics, U. of Exeter and Vassar College) tries to make sense of the many jokes about contemporary poets and poetry in fifth-century BC Athenian comedy, and asks what the plays can reveal abo
Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, thoug
Explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come
Aristotle's Meteorology influenced generations of speculation about the earth sciences, ranging from atmospheric phenomena to earthquakes. The commentary of John Philoponus on the opening three chapte
British classicists explore the deliberate removal from classical texts of passages deemed offensive by later editors. The practice was unknown but to its perpetrators until the Renaissance, when anci
Ancient Athenians, due to the significant amounts of time spent hearing cases and their own responsibility to conduct their cases as litigants, were far more versed in the law than most people, so it
Reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato. This book shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science,
Commenting on the end of Aristotle On the Heavens Book 3, Simplicius examines Aristotle 's criticisms of Plato's theory of elemental chemistry in the Timaeus. Plato makes the characteristics of the fo
"Eager to be Roman" is an important investigation into the ways in which the population of Pontus et Bithynia, a Greek province in the northwestern part of Asia Minor (on the souther
Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that bishops came to embody the essence of Christianity and increasingly
By providing a platform for scholars working in a variety of fields, this volume presents cutting-edge research dealing with various aspects of ancient ethnographic thought: its formation and devlopme
A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was a man of many apparent contradictions, most of which remain unresolved 150 years after his birth. At once a deeply emotive lyric poet and a precise and dedicated classical
Taking her 2004 PhD dissertation at University College London as the core, Yasumura (classics, Kanazawa U., Japan) has added ideas and writings since to cast new light on a number of early Greek epic
Presents an exploration of the rhetoric and argumentation of religious tolerance and intolerance in the late Roman Empire. This book examines ancient discussions of religious moderation and coercion i
Proclus: Ten Problems Concerning ProvidenceTranslated by Jan Opsomer & Carlos SteelIn this treatise Proclus discusses ten problems on providence and fate, foreknowledge of the future, human respon
In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the
