A walk through the iranian heavens : : spherical and non-spherical cosmographic models in the imagination of ancient iran and its neighbors / / Antonio C. D. Panaino.

• Superior document: Ancient Iran Series ; 09
• VerfasserIn: Panaino, Antonio C. D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Irvine, California : : Jordan Center for Persian Studies,, [2019]; ℗2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Iran Series ; 09.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book by Antonio Panaino discusses the development of the Iranian cosmographical world and its interaction with the Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic civilizations. By undertaking such a study, the author places the Iranian intellectual tradition in perspective vis-à-vis other ancient civilizations and demonstrates the depth and importance of the Mazdean tradition, which was able to absorb and systematize foreign knowledge. Panaino shows the presence of both Aristotelian and Neo-Platonist traditions in the Iranian intellectual scene, though somewhat changed and acculturated to the Mazdean ideas and world-view. Hence, the book is a lively and interesting study of the juxtapositioning of various scientific and philosophical ideas at play in the Mediterranean, Iranian and Indic worlds. This volume was previously published by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies, University of California - Irvine.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Antonio Panaino -- Preface / Antonio Panaino -- Introduction / Antonio Panaino -- A Methodological Problem: / Antonio Panaino -- The Ancient Iranian Witness / Antonio Panaino -- The Name Σπιθραδάτης / Σπιθριδάτης and its Importance in the History of the Debate on the origin of the Sphere in the Iranian world / Antonio Panaino -- The Ancient Iranian Cosmography and its Evolution / Antonio Panaino -- Order and Disorder in the Spherical Models / Antonio Panaino -- First Conclusions and Further Problems / Antonio Panaino -- Addenda / Antonio Panaino -- Plates / Antonio Panaino -- List of the Plates / Antonio Panaino -- Bibliographical References / Antonio Panaino -- Indexes / Antonio Panaino.