Physics of the stoics /
Stoic physics, based entirely on the continuum concept, is one of the great original contributions in the history of physical systems. Building on The Physical World of the Greeks, the author describes the main aspects of the Stoic continuum theory, traces its origins back to pre-Stoic science and p...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1959
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Stoic physics, based entirely on the continuum concept, is one of the great original contributions in the history of physical systems. Building on The Physical World of the Greeks, the author describes the main aspects of the Stoic continuum theory, traces its origins back to pre-Stoic science and philosophy, and shows the attempts of the Stoics to work out a coherent system of thought that would explain the essential phenomena of the physical world by a few basic assumptions. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (166 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400859009 140085900X 0691635560 9780691635569 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014). |
