ES.2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2009

ES.2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2009

Western philosophy and theoretical mathematics were born together, and the cross-fertilization of ideas in the two disciplines was continuously acknowledged throughout antiquity. In this course, we read works of ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics, and investigate the way in which ideas of defi...

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Main Author: Perlman, Lee
Language:en-US
Published: 2009
Subjects:
mathematics
geometry
history
philosophy
Greek philosophy
Plato
Euclid
Aristotle
Rene Descartes
Nicomachus
Francis Bacon
number
irrational number
ratio
ethics
logos
logic
ancient knowing
modern knowing
Greek conception of number
idea of number
courage
justice
pursuit of truth
truth as a surd
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106136

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