The significance of ptolemy's Almagest for its early readers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alain Bernard (0000-0002-7037-2980, Clinique Claude-Bernard, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 495-521 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue de Synthèse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-1776 • E-ISSN: 1955-2343 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11873-010-0132-1 |
| PMID | 21222068 |
| OpenAlex | W2471863664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
The paper explores the historical reasons why Ptolemy'sAlmagestwas cultivated in Antiquity as a legitimate part of ancient culture. It tries to elucidate first the precise nature of Ptolemy's project in theAlmagest, its relation to ethics as well as to the particular conception that Ptolemy had of mathematics. It then proposes an explanation for the fact that this treatise, both in Ptolemy's period and afterwards, was studied within the milieu of ancient astrologers
Ancient culture · Art · Literature · Ptolemy's table of chords · Relation (database) · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2016 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |