Leonid Zhmud The Origin of the History of Science in Classical Antiquity

see also Aristotle)
Callisthenes, 139
Catalogue of geometers, 89–100,
179–91
– and Eudemus, 179–84
– Eudoxus’ school, 98–100
– Geminus, 184–86
– Philip of Opus, 89–91, 179–83
– Plato, 91–92
– Porphyry, 186–88
– Proclus, 188–90
Celsus, 6, 8, 51, 285, 300
Censorinus, 161, 270
Chaeremon, 59
Chalcidius, 103
Chaldaeans, 41, 281, 299, 304, 307.
(
see also Babylon)
Chersiphron, 30, 191
Chilon, 35
Chiron, 8, 298
Chrysippus, 287, 292
Chrysogonus, 38
classifications of sciences, 121–22
– ancient, 19–21
– early Modern, 21–22
– in Aristotle, 122–25, 216
– in Geminus, 121–22, 291–92
– in Plato, 61, 109–10
– Pythagorean, 62–64
Cleanthes, 179, 260, 275, 287
Clearchus of Soli, 293
Cleinias, 99
Clement of Alexandria, 8, 167, 189,
228–29, 236, 239–40, 299
Cleomedes, 289–90, 292, 305
Cleostratus, 238, 244, 251, 253, 261,
265, 270, 297
Clidemus, 158
Clytus of Miletus, 139
Conon of Samos, 280
Copernicus, 3, 252
Corax, 137
Crantor, 99
Cratylus, 156
Critias, 36, 50, 54, 56, 154
Ctesias of Cnidus, 264
Ctesibius, 282
D
amas, 167, 230
Damascius, 130–31, 166, 184, 230, 293
Damastes of Sigeum, 49, 278
Damon, 50
Danaus, 26, 34, 226
David, 289
Democedes, 39, 128
Democritus, 36, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 64,
81, 99, 108, 113, 142–43, 145–46,
150, 154–55, 157–58, 160–63,
177–78, 195, 202, 211, 238–39, 253,
258, 273, 280
– astronomy, 239, 258, 270
– geography, 278–79
– geometry, 177, 201–2
– on the origin of culture, 46, 48–49,
51–52, 54, 109

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General index
324
Dercyllides, 16, 99, 188, 229, 234–36,
240–41, 245, 248, 255, 265–66, 283,
290, 292
Descartes, 19, 79
Dicaearchus, 10, 50, 88–89, 102, 104,
109, 119, 150, 167, 278, 293, 306
– alleged author of the Academic treat-
ise, 88
– and Plato, 89, 139
– geography, 278–79
–
Life of Hellas, 49, 139, 278
– on progress, 139–40
Diderot, 22, 79
Didymus, 216–17
Dinostratus, 99, 182, 208, 210, 284
Diocles of Carystus, 296
Diocles the mathematician, 280
Diodorus of Alexandria, 289–90
Diodorus of Sicily, 51, 171, 308
Diogenes Laertius, 5, 6, 95–96, 98,
100, 104, 116, 131, 160, 167, 176,
181, 206, 228–29, 236, 239–41,
245–46, 249, 295
Diogenes of Apollonia, 143, 145–46,
153–55, 157–63, 238, 260
Diogenes of Babylon, 179, 260
Diogenes of Oenoanda, 38
Diophantus, 4, 119, 284, 302, 305
diorism, 88, 91, 95, 114, 115, 206, 210
Dositheus, 294
doxography, 10–11, 260–62
– Hellenistic, 295–97
– in Aristotle, 141–42, 154–57
– in Eratosthenes, 278–79
– in Meno, 127–29, 144–45, 164
– in Theophrastus, 131–36, 142–46,
157–64, 246, 250
– Peripatetic, 15, 125–27
– pre-Aristotelian, 50, 153–54
duplication of the cube
– Archytas, 84–86, 98, 169, 170, 176,
205, 237
– Eratosthenes, 85, 279
– Eudoxus, 84–86, 207
– Hippocrates, 84, 93, 175, 203
– Menaechmus, 84–86, 208
Duris, 147
E
cphantus, 104, 161, 163, 238, 270
Egypt
– as home of arithmetic, 218, 224–27
– as home of astronomy, 38, 52, 112
– as home of geometry, 38–40, 42, 52,
114, 150, 187, 191, 211, 298, 307
– as home of medicine, 52, 299
– geometry, 192
– gods, 34
– journey to, 41–42, 74, 191, 307–8
– medicine, 39
– theology, 130
Elias, 289
Empedocles, 49, 57, 76, 145–46, 150,
152, 154–55, 158, 160–63, 195, 200,
230, 238, 253, 256–57
Endymion, 298
Ephorus, 42, 143, 147, 151, 262, 278
Epicharmus, 37, 223
Epictetus, 305
Epicurus, 146, 284, 287
Epigenes of Byzantium, 296
Epimenides, 130
Erasistratus, 296
Eratosthenes, 15, 85, 92, 149, 167, 170,
174–77, 181, 183, 185, 187–88, 203,
206–8, 236, 281, 283, 292–93, 296,
305
– history of geography, 278–79
– letter to King Ptolemy, 33, 85, 95,
175–76, 185, 207–8
–
On Means, 84, 173
–
Platonicus, 84, 88, 95, 100, 174,
188, 208, 231, 279
– utility of
mathe¯mata, 33. (see also
duplication of the cube)
Euclid, 4, 28, 91, 104, 119–21, 179–81,
183, 185, 192, 197, 205, 208–10,
215, 221, 224, 230, 277–81, 283,
289, 292–93, 302, 305–7
–
Elements, 2, 100–1, 170–71, 192–93,
197, 222, 237, 281
–
Optics, 129
–
Phaenomena, 120, 251, 253–54,
264, 272, 274

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General index
325
– predecessors, 106, 118, 178, 181,
188, 196, 198, 200, 205, 208–9, 215,
221–23, 303
–
Pseudaria, 185
–
Sectio canonis, 216
– works, 119
Euclid of Megara, 4, 307
Euctemon, 19, 63, 132, 185, 229,
237–38, 244, 252–53, 260, 262, 266,
270–71, 276, 281, 304
– astronomy, 267–70
Eudemus, 2, 5, 11, 13–16, 42–43, 60,
77, 85–87, 89, 91, 93–94, 102, 104,
109, 112, 114–17, 121, 126–27,
129–30, 133, 135, 139–42, 145–46,
153, 165, 219–20, 226–27, 277–79,
281–86, 288, 291, 294, 297, 302–3,
308
– as a Peripatetic, 166–69
–
Catalogue of geometers, 179–84
– historical method, 147–53, 246–48,
251–52
– history of arithmetic, 214–18
– history of astronomy, 228–76
– history of geometry, 169–213
– history of theology, 50, 116, 130–31,
133, 149, 152, 166
– on progress in science, 210–13,
246–48, 251–54. (
see also Aristotle,
Plato, Theophrastus)
Eudemus the mathematician, 280
Eudoxus, 5, 15, 36, 102, 114–15, 130,
132, 143, 148–51, 168, 170, 174,
177, 179–82, 184–85, 191, 205, 210,
212, 216, 224, 228–35, 238, 244,
247, 251–53, 260, 263, 266, 268–71,
275, 278–81, 287, 290, 293, 295–96,
304–5
– and Archytas, 96–98
– as
mathe¯matikos, 132, 262
– astronomy, 86, 96–98, 120, 231, 250,
253, 270, 273–76
– biography, 95–97
– geometry, 87, 91, 171, 177, 202,
206–8
– means, 172–73
–
On Velocities, 97, 234, 237, 255
– school, 19, 98–100, 209, 232, 284,
285. (
see also analysis, Aristotle,
Catalogue of geometers, duplication
of the cube, Plato, saving the phae-
nomena)
Eunapius, 186
Euphranor, 174
Eupolis, 66
Euripides, 28, 37, 38, 56, 67, 225, 262
Euryphon, 128, 164
Eurytus, 195
Eusebius, 8, 94, 245, 299
Euthymenes, 143, 153, 262
Eutocius, 5, 15, 85, 149, 167, 169–170,
179, 184, 206–8, 236, 238, 292–94,
302–3, 305