A History of Science — Volume 1Williams, Henry Smith
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A History of Science — Volume 1
Williams, Henry Smith
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6 (p. 96). Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrischc Lesestucke mit grammatischen
Tabellen und vollstdndigem Glossar einfiihrung in die assyrische und
babylonische Keilschrift-litteratur bis hinauf zu Hammurabi, Leipzig,
1900.
7 (p. 97). It does not appear that the Babylonians thcmselves ever
gave up the old system of writing, so long as they retained political
autonomy.
8 (p. 101). See Isaac Taylor's History of the Alphabet; an Account of
the origin and Development of Letters, new edition, 2 vols., London,
1899.
For facsimiles of the various scripts, see Henry Smith Williams' History
of the Art Of Writing, 4 vols, New York and London, 1902-1903.
CHAPTER V. THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCE
1 (p. III). Anaximander, as recorded by Plutarch, vol. VIII-. See Arthur
Fairbanks'First Philosophers of Greece: an Edition and Translation of
the Remaining Fragments of the Pre-Socratic Philosophers, together with
a Translation of the more Important Accounts of their Opinions Contained
in the Early Epitomcs of their Works, London, 1898. This highly
scholarly and extremely useful book contains the Greek text as well as
translations.
CHAPTER VI. THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALY
1 (p. 117). George Henry Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy
from its Origin in Greece down to the Present Day, enlarged edition, New
York, 1888, p. 17.
2 (p. 121). Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent
Philosophers, C. D. Yonge's translation, London, 1853, VIII., p. 153.
3 (p. 121). Alexander, Successions of Philosophers.
4 (p. 122). "All over its centre." Presumably this is intended to refer
to the entire equatorial region.
5 (p. 125). Laertius, op. cit., pp. 348-351.
6 (p. 128). Arthur Fairbanks, The First Philosophers of Greece London,
1898, pp. 67-717.
7 (p. 129). Ibid., p. 838.
8 (p. 130). Ibid., p. 109.
9 (p. 130). Heinrich Ritter, The History of Ancient Philosophy,
translated from the German by A. J. W. Morrison, 4 vols., London, 1838,
vol, I., p. 463.
10 (p. 131). Ibid., p. 465.
11 (p. 132). George Henry Lewes, op. cit., p. 81.
12 (p. 135). Fairbanks, op. cit., p. 201.
13 (p. 136). Ibid., P. 234.
14 (p. 137). Ibid., p. 189.
15 (p. 137). Ibid., P. 220.
16 (p. 138). Ibid., p. 189.
17 (p. 138). Ibid., p. 191.
CHAPTER VII. GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIOD
1 (p. 150). Theodor Gomperz, Greek Thinkers: a History of Ancient
Philosophy (translated from the German by Laurie Magnes), New York, 190
1, pp. 220, 221.
2 (p. 153). Aristotle's Treatise on Respiration, ch. ii.
3 (p. 159). Fairbanks' translation of the fragments of Anaxagoras, in
The First Philosophers of Greece, pp. 239-243.
CHAPTER VIII. POST-SOCRATIC SCIENCE AT ATHENS
1 (p. 180). Alfred William Bern, The Philosophy of Greece Considered in
Relation to the Character and History of its People, London, 1898, p.
186.
2 (p. 183). Aristotle, quoted in William Whewell's History of the
Inductive Sciences (second edition, London, 1847), Vol. II., p. 161.
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