The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy

ISBN: 9781107657618 出版年：2009 页码：298 Sylvia Berryman Cambridge University Press

Preface 1. Mechanics and the mechanical: some problems of terminology 2. 'Mechanistic' thought before mechanics? 3. Mechanics in the fourth century 4. The theory and practice of ancient Greek mechanics 5. Ancient Greek mechanics continued: the case of pneumatics 6. The philosophical reception of mechanics in antiquity Conclusion Appendix. Ancient mechanics and the mechanical in the seventeenth century Bibliography Index.