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
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 178 pages). |
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