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Title: THE GREEK PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
By: Jacques Brunschwig (Editor), G. E. R. Lloyd (Editor), Catherine Porter (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 067402155X
ISBN 13: 9780674021556
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Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 4 November, 2003
Pages: 416
Translated from: French
Description: In this volume drawn from the reference work "Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge", major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.
Synopsis: Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical and political civilization of the West draws and to which we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work "Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge", major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.
Illustrations: 2 maps
Publication: US
Imprint: The Belknap Press
Returns: Returnable
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