Ptolemy's Philosophy: Mathematics as a Way of Life,Used

Ptolemy's Philosophy: Mathematics as a Way of Life,Used

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A stimulating intellectual history of Ptolemy's philosophy and his conception of a world in which mathematics reigns supremeThe GrecoRoman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, but his philosophy is almost entirely lost to history. This groundbreaking book is the first to reconstruct Ptolemys general philosophical systemincluding his metaphysics, epistemology, and ethicsand to explore its relationship to astronomy, harmonics, element theory, astrology, cosmology, psychology, and theology.In this stimulating intellectual history, Jacqueline Feke uncovers references to a complex and sophisticated philosophical agenda scattered among Ptolemys technical studies in the physical and mathematical sciences. She shows how he developed a philosophy that was radical and even subversive, appropriating ideas and turning them against the very philosophers from whom he drew influence. Feke reveals how Ptolemys unique system is at once a critique of prevailing philosophical trends and a conception of the world in which mathematics reigns supreme.A compelling work of scholarship, Ptolemys Philosophy demonstrates how Ptolemy situated mathematics at the very foundation of all philosophytheoretical and practicaland advanced the mathematical way of life as the true path to human perfection.

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