Prolegomena mathematica : : from Apollonius of Perga to late Neoplatonism : with an appendix on Pappus and the history of Platonism / / by Jaap Mansfeld.

This is the first study to deal with the history of Greek mathematics - starting with Appollonius and including astronomy - as part of the history of literary culture. It attempts to find out how mathematical works were presented by original authors (e.g. Ptolemy), and introduced and explained by co...

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Superior document:Philosophia antiqua, v. 80
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Series:Philosophia Antiqua 80.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 178 pages).
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