Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CORRIGENDUM
- PART I GREEK ASTRONOMY TO ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
- CHAPTER I SOURCES OF THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER II HOMER AND HESIOD
- CHAPTER III THALES
- CHAPTER IV ANAXIMANDER
- CHAPTER V ANAXIMENES
- CHAPTER VI PYTHAGORAS
- CHAPTER VII XENOPHANES
- CHAPTER VIII HERACLITUS
- CHAPTER IX PARMENIDES
- CHAPTER X ANAXAGORAS
- CHAPTER XI EMPEDOCLES
- CHAPTER XII THE PYTHAGOREANS
- CHAPTER XIII THE ATOMISTS, LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS
- CHAPTER XIV OENOPIDES
- CHAPTER XV PLATO
- CHAPTER XVI THE THEORY OF CONCENTRIC SPHERES–EUDOXUS, CALLIPPUS, AND ARISTOTLE
- CHAPTER XVII ARISTOTLE (continued)
- CHAPTER XVIII HERACLIDES OF PONTUS
- CHAPTER XIX GREEK MONTHS, YEARS, AND CYCLES
- PART II ARISTARCHUS ON THE SIZES AND DISTANCES OF THE SUN AND MOON
- GREEK TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND NOTES
- INDEX
CHAPTER XIII - THE ATOMISTS, LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CORRIGENDUM
- PART I GREEK ASTRONOMY TO ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
- CHAPTER I SOURCES OF THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER II HOMER AND HESIOD
- CHAPTER III THALES
- CHAPTER IV ANAXIMANDER
- CHAPTER V ANAXIMENES
- CHAPTER VI PYTHAGORAS
- CHAPTER VII XENOPHANES
- CHAPTER VIII HERACLITUS
- CHAPTER IX PARMENIDES
- CHAPTER X ANAXAGORAS
- CHAPTER XI EMPEDOCLES
- CHAPTER XII THE PYTHAGOREANS
- CHAPTER XIII THE ATOMISTS, LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS
- CHAPTER XIV OENOPIDES
- CHAPTER XV PLATO
- CHAPTER XVI THE THEORY OF CONCENTRIC SPHERES–EUDOXUS, CALLIPPUS, AND ARISTOTLE
- CHAPTER XVII ARISTOTLE (continued)
- CHAPTER XVIII HERACLIDES OF PONTUS
- CHAPTER XIX GREEK MONTHS, YEARS, AND CYCLES
- PART II ARISTARCHUS ON THE SIZES AND DISTANCES OF THE SUN AND MOON
- GREEK TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND NOTES
- INDEX
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- Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient CopernicusA History of Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus, Together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon, pp. 121 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013