Paperback. Since the dawn of humanity, people have developed concepts about themselves and the natural world in which they live. This volume aims at investigating the construction and transfer of such concepts between and within various ancient and medieval cultures. The single contributions try to answer questions concerning the sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts: The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of the end of the world in fire. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the question of the construction and transfer of knowledge about man and nature in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Finding, Inheriting or Borrowing? Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Paperback)
Publisher: Transcript Verlag
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 3837642364
ISBN 13: 9783837642360
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Since the dawn of humanity, people have developed concepts about themselves and the natural world in which they live. This volume aims at investigating the construction and transfer of such concepts between and within various ancient and medieval cultures. The single contributions try to answer questions concerning the sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts: The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of the end of the world in fire.

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Jochen Althoff (Prof. Dr.) is a professor of ancient Greek at the University of Mainz. He has published on ancient science and philosophy, especially Aristotle, and organizes the yearly meeting of the research unit Ancient Science and its Reception and co-edits a publication series of the same name. Since 2013, he has been vice-speaker of the research training group Early Concepts of Humans and Nature. Universal, Specific, Interchanged.

Dominik Berrens (Dr.) is a postdoctoral researcher in the project �NOSCEMUS - Nova Scientia: Early Modern Scientific Literature and Latin� at the University of Innsbruck. His research interests lie in pre-modern scientific texts and ancient drama.

Tanja Pommerening (Prof. Dr.) ist Professorin f�r �gyptologie an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universit�t Mainz.

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