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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. vii, 178 pp; ads. Original linen. Upper corners of covers slightly bumped, else Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. Philosophia Antiqua Vol. LXXX. 'This is the first study to deal with the history of Greek mathematics - starting with Appollonius and including astronomy - as part of the history of literary culture. It attempts to find out how mathematical works were presented by original authors (e.g. Ptolemy), and introduced and explained by commentators (e.g. Pappus who is at the centre of this enquiry, Eutocius, and prolegomena by late Anonymi). The manner in which mathematical treatises were presented and studied is entirely comparable to that practised in e.g. philosophy, medicine, biblical and literary studies . Discussion of introductory issues is a standard feature, and in mathematics the development from the implicitly expressed to the explicitly expressed and from there to scholastic routine is the same as in these other fields' (Brill Web site).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. Hardcover. 9 5/8" X 6 1/2". xvii, 391pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. A hint of shelfwear and faint dust soiling to dust jacket. Bound in deep burgundy cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Very faint shelfwear to binding, with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The study of the Elenchos (c. 225 CE) involves the whole range of ancient interpretative traditions concerned with Greek Philosophy, from Aristotle to the Late Neoplatonists. The present inquiry places Hippolytus' important reports about the Greek philosophers in the context of these traditions and so is able to illuminate not only what he has to offer but also to increase our knowledge of the traditions he depends on. For him the Pythagoreanizing current in Pre-Neoplatonism is of paramount importance. Accordingly, he constructs a succession (diadoche) starting with Pythagoras and including Empedocles, Heraclitus, Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics, and argues that the diadoche of the Gnostic heresiarchs is parasitical on its Pythagorean predecessor. A new assessment of the sources used - the first serious attempt since that of Diels in 1879 - hinges on an analysis of Hippolytus' method of presentation, which is a blend of cento and exegesis geared to his anti-Gnostic purpose. Series: Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 56. (Publisher).…