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Anaximander and the Architects
Contributor(s): Hahn, Robert (Author)

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 ISBN: 0791447944     ISBN-13: 9780791447949
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE: $35.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2001
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Architecture | History - General
Dewey: 182
LCCN: 00036567
Series: Suny Ancient Greek Philosophy
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.14 lbs) 350 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
Anaximander and the Architects opens a previously unexplored avenue into Presocratic philosophy-the technology of monumental architecture. The evidence, coming directly from sixth century B.C.E. building sites and bypassing Aristotle, shows how the architects and their projects supplied their Ionian communities with a sprouting vision of natural order governed by structural laws. Their technological innovations and design techniques formed the core of an experimental science and promoted a rational, not mythopoetical, discourse central to our understanding of the context in which early Greek philosophy emerged. Anaximander's prose book and his rationalizing mentality are illuminated in surprising ways by appeal to the ongoing, extraordinary projects of the archaic architects and their practical techniques.
 
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