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Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture

Greg Woolf & Jason (University of St Andrews, Scotland) Koenig

Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture

Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture

Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture

 

How did ancient scientific writers make their work authoritative? This volume answers that question for a wide range of disciplines

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Beschrijving Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture

How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This volume answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics and medicine through to law, historiography and philosophy - focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the literature of the Roman Empire.

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9781107060067
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474
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683
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Engels
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