Reviews for Written Texts and the Rise of Literate Culture in Ancient Greece

The average rating for Written Texts and the Rise of Literate Culture in Ancient Greece based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-09-20 00:00:00 David Nibel Absolutely fascinating dive into history, to revisit the thwarted, though not extinguished, history of science based on Archimedes. It is dense, but rich. The concept of the clinamen is beautifully explored, with interesting, ethically grounded explorations of fluids, forms, change, calculus and early inventions such as the water screw. We read this in my philosophy book club and it radically changed the way I think about ethical and social ideas.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-02-22 00:00:00 Darian Gregory Unfortunately out of print'Clinamen Press was very short-lived'but a superb book about Lucretian physics and ethics, an argument for its Archimedean roots, and an astonishingly cheerful vision of what philosophy could be.