The Origins of Stoic Cosmology by Hahm, David E - 1977

Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Good+/Good+ (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards and dj. Pages are otherwise clean.). Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; black dj, mylar cover; xix, 292 pp. Contents: I Corporealism -- II Principles -- III Cosmogony -- IV Cosmology -- V Cosmobiology -- VI The cosmic cycle -- VII Epilogue: the definition of nature and the origins of Stoic cosmology. Also includes bibliographical references and indexes. "The new understanding of Stoic cosmology inj its historical perspective sheds new light on the role of Stoicism in Greek intellectual history. It indicates that the Stoics, like their contemporaries the Epicureans, were striving to achieve a unified science based on a single set of elementary principles."- dj.