Anaximander in Context: New Studies in the Origins of Greek PhilosophyPromoting a new, broadly interdisciplinary horizon for future studies in early Greek philosophy, Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf establish the cultural context in which Anaximander s thought developed and in which the origins of Greek philosophy unfolded in its earliest stages. In order to better understand Anaximander s achievement, the authors call our attention to the historical, social, political, technological, cosmological, astronomical, and observational contexts of his thought. Anaximander in Context brings to the forefront of modern debates the importance of cultural context, and the indispensability of images to clarify ancient ideologies. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Anthropogony and Politogony in Anaximander of Miletus | 7 |
PROLOGUE | 9 |
THE ORIGIN OF HUMANITY IN TRADITIONAL OR MYTHICAL THOUGHT | 10 |
THE ORIGIN OF ANIMALS AND HUMANITY ACCORDING TO ANAXIMANDER | 13 |
THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY ACCORDING TO MYTHICAL ACCOUNTS | 17 |
SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE POLIS BEFORE ANAXIMANDER | 19 |
THE EMERGENCE OF THE POLIS AND THE INVENTION OF POLITICS | 20 |
SCULPTURAL FORMULAS AND POLYKLEITOS CANON | 125 |
ANAXIMANDERS COSMIC FORMULA REVISITED | 130 |
The Architects Design Formula and the Cosmic Meaning of the Roof | 135 |
EPILOGUE | 149 |
NOTES TO PROPORTIONS AND NUMBERS IN ANAXIMANDER AND EARLY GREEK THOUGHT | 152 |
Anaximanders Astronomy | 165 |
PROLOGUE | 167 |
THE ANACHRONISTIC FALLACY | 173 |
THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY IN ANAXIMANDER | 32 |
THE LEGEND OF DANAUS THE DANAIDES AND HISTORY | 43 |
DANAUS AND THE ALPHABET | 45 |
THE CANVAS OF THE OIKOUMENE | 48 |
NOTES TO ANTHROPOGONY AND POLITOGONY IN ANAXIMANDER OF MILETUS | 56 |
Proportions and Numbers in Anaximander and Early Greek Thought | 71 |
PROLOGUE | 73 |
PROPORTIONALITY IN ANAXIMANDERS COSMIC ARCHITECTURE | 78 |
PROPORTIONALITY AND NUMBERS IN ARCHAIC ARCHITECTURE | 90 |
The Idea of Organic Growth in Sacred Architecture | 98 |
Metrological Studies of Ancient Buildings | 100 |
19 not 110 | 105 |
Proportions Numbers and Organic Growth | 109 |
1The Metrologies of the Archaic Temples in Samos and Didyma | 118 |
LITERARY FORMULAS AND PROPORTIONALITIES | 121 |
LOOKING AT THE HEAVENS WITH THE NAKED EYE | 180 |
LOOKING AT THE HEAVENS WITH THE HELP OF A GNOMON | 183 |
ANAXIMANDERS MAP OF THE WORLD | 194 |
THE DISCOVERY OF SPACE | 201 |
The Earth Floats Unsupported in Space | 202 |
The Celestial Bodies Lie behind One Another | 208 |
ANAXIMANDERS NUMBERS AND A MAP OF HIS UNIVERSE | 211 |
A THREEDIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF ANAXIMANDERS UNIVERSE | 218 |
ANAXIMANDER AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HEAVENS IN PTOLEMAIC EGYPTIAN ART | 228 |
CONCLUSION | 237 |
ANAXIMANDERS ASTRONOMY | 241 |
Bibliography | 255 |
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