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The Ambitions of Curiosity : Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China (Ideas in Context)
The Ambitions of Curiosity Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China - Ideas in Context
Author: G. E. R. Lloyd
In The Ambitions of Curiosity, G.E.R. Lloyd explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece, China, and Mesopotamia. It asks such questions as what factors stimulated or inhibited this development? Whose interests were served? Who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in sponsoring, supporting or blocking research, in su...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521815420
ISBN-10: 0521815428
Publication Date: 11/4/2002
Pages: 198
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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