Magic, Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origins and Development of Greek Science

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This have a look at of the origins and progress of Greek science focuses especially at the interaction between scientific and conventional patterns of thought from the sixth to the fourth century BC. It begins with an examination of the way particular Greek authors deployed the class of “magic,” now and again attacking its beliefs and practices; these attacks are then associated with their background in Greek medicine and philosophical thought. In his second chapter Lloyd outlines developments within the theory and practice of argument in Greek science and assesses their significance. He next discuses the progress of empirical research as a systematic tool from the Presocratics to Aristotle. In spite of everything, he considers why the Greeks invented science, their contribution to its history, and the social, economic, ideological and political factors that had a bearing on its growth.


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