Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh
Author of The Philosophers of Greece
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Works by Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh
Plato's Mathematical Imagination, the Mathematical Passages in the Dialogues and Their Interpretation (1977) 14 copies
The World's Great Classics 5 copies
Western Philosophic Systems and Their Cyclic Transformations (Philosophical Explorations) (1992) 4 copies
Platonic Studies of Greek Philosophy: Form, Arts, Gadgets, and Hemlock (SUNY Series in Philosophy) (1989) 4 copies
The Plato manuscripts; A new index 2 copies
Associated Works
Language and Thought in Early Greek Philosophy (Monist Library of Philosophy) (1983) — Contributor — 11 copies
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What a fun book! The author obviously knows his material, and presents his thesis: The ancient Greeks loved gadgets, we don't hear much about them because they were everywhere, and so common that they were not mentioned much.
He supports this with the usual quotes from the life of Archimedes, Hero's "Pneumatics" & the "Automatic Theatre", Aristophanes, etc. However, there is lots of originality. He even was the first person to build Hero's model of the known universe, which demonstrares the show more Earth floating in space! Quite an achievement! We also learn about the machine that was used in the Athens of Pericles to choose the jury for a trial, the officers for the city, etc. It's just like a modern lotto or Bingo machine (US readers will no doubt be perplexed here).
Lot's of fun. I don't know if the theory has stood the test of time, but a great read, even if the conclusions are a bit suspect. show less
He supports this with the usual quotes from the life of Archimedes, Hero's "Pneumatics" & the "Automatic Theatre", Aristophanes, etc. However, there is lots of originality. He even was the first person to build Hero's model of the known universe, which demonstrares the show more Earth floating in space! Quite an achievement! We also learn about the machine that was used in the Athens of Pericles to choose the jury for a trial, the officers for the city, etc. It's just like a modern lotto or Bingo machine (US readers will no doubt be perplexed here).
Lot's of fun. I don't know if the theory has stood the test of time, but a great read, even if the conclusions are a bit suspect. show less
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