Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; chapter i Life, writings and reception; chapter ii The philosophy of Archytas; chapter iii The authenticity question; chapter i Fragment 1; chapter ii Fragment 2; chapter iii Fragment 3; chapter iv Fragment 4; chapter i Testimonia for Archytas' life, writings and reception; chapter ii Moral philosophy and character; chapter iii Geometry: The duplication of the cube; chapter iv Music; chapter v Metaphysics; chapter vi Physics; chapter vii Miscellaneous testimonia; Appendix 1 Spurious writings and testimonia |
Summary |
In fourth-century Greece Archytas of Tarentum solved a famous mathematical puzzle, saved Plato from the tyrant of Syracuse and led a powerful Greek city state. This book presents a radically new interpretation of his significance for fourth-century Greek thought and provides a full commentary on all the fragments and testimonia |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Archytas, of Tarentum.
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Archytas, (of Tarentum.) cct |
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Archytas, of Tarentum fast |
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Archytas Tarentinus. swd |
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Mathematics, Ancient.
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Pythagorean theorem.
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Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Scientists -- Greece -- Biography
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MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
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Scientists
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Pythagorean theorem
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Mathematics, Ancient
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Mathematicians
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Philosophie
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Mathematik
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Didactisch proza.
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Grieks.
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Filosofie.
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Wiskunde.
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Greece
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0511113412 |
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9780511113413 |
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0521837464 |
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9780521837460 |
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0511112904 |
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9780511112904 |
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0511198515 |
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9780511198519 |
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9780511482533 |
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0511482531 |
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1280422246 |
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9781280422249 |
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9786610422241 |
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6610422249 |
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