Dirk L Couprie: 2 books
Apeiron
Anaximander on Generation and Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
This book offers an innovative analysis of the Greek philosopher Anaximander’s work. In particular, it presents a completely new interpretation of the key word Apeiron, or boundless, offering readers a deeper understanding of his seminal cosmology and, with it, his unique conception of the origin...
Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology
From Thales to Heraclides Ponticus
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
In Miletus, about 550 B.C., together with our world-picture cosmology was born. This book tells the story. In Part One the reader is introduced in the archaic world-picture of a flat earth with the cupola of the celestial vault onto which the celestial bodies are attached. One of the subjects treated...