Anaximander in Context

Gérard Naddaf, Robert Hahn, Dirk L. Couprie

Description

Promoting 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.
List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Introduction

Anthropogony and Politogony in Anaximander of Miletus
Gerard Naddaf

Prologue
The Origin of Humanity in Traditional (or Mythical) Thought
The Origin of Animals and Humanity According to Anaximander
The Origin of Society According to Mythical Accounts
Some Reflections on the Evolution of the Polis before Anaximander
The Emergence of the Polis and the Invention of Politics
The Origin and Development of Society in Anaximander
The Legend of Danaus, the Danaides, and History
Danaus and the Alphabet
Anaximander's Map: The Canvas of the Oikoumene
Notes

Proportions and Numbers in Anaximander and Early Greek Thought
Robert Hahn

Prologue
Proportionality in Anaximander's Cosmic Architecture
Proportionality and Numbers in Archaic ArchitectureThe Number "3" and Architectural Trisecting
The Idea of Organic Growth in Sacred Architecture
Metrological Studies of Ancient Buildings
Wesenberg's Case for the Canon of Ionic Proportions: 1:9 not 1:10
Schaber's Case Study of the Archaic Artemision: Proportion, Numbers, and Organic Growth
The Temple's Inner Built Structure is Usually 3:1—The Metrologies of the Archaic Temples in Samos and Didyma
Literary Formulas and Proportionalities
Sculptural Formulas and Polykleitos' Canon
Anaximander's Cosmic Formula Revisited

The Architect's Design Formula
The Architect's Design Formula and the Cosmic Meaning of the Roof

Epilogue
Notes

The Discovery of Space: Anaximander's Astronomy
Dirk L. Couprie

Prologue
First Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: The Anachronistic Fallacy
More Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Naked Eye
A Further Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Help of a Gnomon
A Last Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Anaximander's Map of the World
Anaximander's Big Achievement: The Discovery of Space

The Celestial Bodies Make Full Circles around the Earth
The Earth Floats Unsupported in Space
The Celestial Bodies Lie behind One Another

Anaximander's Numbers and a Map of His Universe
Wheels in Space: A Three-Dimensional Visualization of Anaximander's Universe
Anaximander and the Representation of the Heavens in Ptolemaic Egyptian Art

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Concepts and Proper Names

Index of Classical Passages Cited

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie antique
• Architecture
• Ancient philosophy

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791487785
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Anaximander in Context New Studies in the Origins of Greek Philosophy

Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf

Anaximander in Context

Anaximander in Context

SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy

Anthony Preus, editor

Anaximander in Context

New Studies in the Origins of Greek Philosophy

Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf

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List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction

Contents

Anthropogony and Politogony in Anaximander of Miletus Gerard Naddaf Prologue The Origin of Humanity in Traditional (or Mythical) Thought The Origin of Animals and Humanity According to Anaximander The Origin of Society According to Mythical Accounts Some Reflections on the Evolution of thePolisAnaximander before The Emergence of thePolisand the Invention of Politics The Origin and Development of Society in Anaximander The Legend of Danaus, the Danaides, and History Danaus and the Alphabet Anaximander’s Map: The Canvas of theOikoumene Notes

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Proportions and Numbers in Anaximander and Early Greek Thought Robert Hahn Prologue 73 Proportionality in Anaximander’s Cosmic Architecture 78 Proportionality and Numbers in Archaic Architecture 90 v

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The Number “3” and Architectural Trisecting The Idea of Organic Growth in Sacred Architecture Metrological Studies of Ancient Buildings Wesenberg’s Case for the Canon of Ionic Proportions: 1:9 not 1:10 Schaber’s Case Study of the Archaic Artemision: Proportion, Numbers, and Organic Growth The Temple’s Inner Built Structure is Usually 3:1—The Metrologies of the Archaic Temples in Samos and Didyma Literary Formulas and Proportionalities Sculptural Formulas and Polykleitos’Canon Anaximander’s Cosmic Formula Revisited The Architect’s Design Formula The Architect’s Design Formula and the Cosmic Meaning of the Roof Epilogue Notes

The Discovery of Space: Anaximander’s Astronomy DirkL. Couprie Prologue First Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: The Anachronistic Fallacy More Exercises in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Naked Eye A Further Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Looking at the Heavens with the Help of a Gnomon A Last Exercise in Early Greek Astronomy: Anaximander’s Map of the World Anaximander’s Big Achievement: The Discovery of Space The Celestial Bodies Make Full Circles around the Earth The Earth Floats Unsupported in Space The Celestial Bodies Lie behind One Another

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Anaximander’s Numbers and a Map of His Universe Wheels in Space: A Three-Dimensional Visualization of Anaximander’s Universe Anaximander and the Representation of the Heavens in Ptolemaic Egyptian Art Conclusion Notes

Bibliography

Index of Concepts and Proper Names

Index of Classical Passages Cited

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A P NTHROPOGONY AND OLITOGONY IN A NAXIMANDEROF  M ILETUS

Anaximander’s Map of the Inhabited World

P N A E ROPORTIONS AND UMBERS IN NAXIMANDER AND ARLY G T REEK HOUGHT

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The Nile Delta in Egypt, Location of Temples, Saite Period Anaximander’s Cosmos: Plan or Aerial View Anaximander’s Cosmos (Plan View), and Reconstruction of an Archaic Column Drum. From the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, after Schneider Trisecting a Line: a Geometrical construction Trisecting A Column Drum: Applied Geometrical Construction, after Hellner Trisecting a Circle: a Geometrical Reconstruction Trisected Column Drum, from Dipteros II, Samos Ionic Order of Asia Minor The Debate over where on the Column Drum “Lower Diameter” is to be Measured (after Wesenberg) Temple C [Late Seventh Century B . C . E .] of Artemis at Ephesos and Temple D [Mid-Sixth Century B . C . E .] of Artemis at Ephesos (after Schaber)

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