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Ancient Natural History : Histories of Nature

Ancient Natural History : Histories of Nature Hard cover - 1994

by Roger French

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Ancient Natural History surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature and finds that the same material was used to justify both Greek philosopher and Christian allegorist.
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  • Title Ancient Natural History : Histories of Nature
  • Author Roger French
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London, UK
  • Date 1994-10-27
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780415088800_pod
  • ISBN 9780415088800 / 0415088801
  • Weight 1.71 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 6.28 x 1.09 in (22.25 x 15.95 x 2.77 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
  • Library of Congress subjects Science, Ancient, Natural history - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94005131
  • Dewey Decimal Code 508.090

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Ancient Natural History surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature. The writings of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Strabo, Pliny are examined, as well as the popular beliefs of their contemporaries. Roger French finds that the same natural-historical material was used to serve the purposes of both the Greek philosopher and the Christian allegorist, or of a taxonomist like Theophrastus and a collector of curiosa like Pliny. He argues convincingly that the motives of ancient writers on nature were rarely scientific' and, indeed, that there was not really any science at all in the ancient world.
This book will make fascinating reading for students, academics and anyone who is interested in the history of science, or in the ancient history of ideas.

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