{"product_id":"knowledge-text-and-practice-in-ancient-technical-writing-hardback-9781107169432","title":"Knowledge, Text and Practice in Ancient Technical Writing (Hardback) 9781107169432","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKnowledge, Text and Practice in Ancient Technical Writing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the relationship between theory and practice in ancient Greek and Roman scientific and technical texts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarco Formisano (Edited by), Philip van der Eijk (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107169432, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe relationship between theory and practice, in other words between norms indicated in a text and their extra-textual application, is one of the most fascinating issues in the history and theory of science. Yet this aspect has often been taken for granted and never explored in depth. The essays contained in this volume provide a complex and nuanced discussion of this relationship as it emerges in ancient Greek and Roman culture in a number of fields, such as agriculture, architecture, the art of love, astronomy, ethics, mechanics, medicine, pharmacology. The main focus is on the textuality of processes of the transmission of knowledge and its application in various fields. Given that a text always contains complex and destabilising aspects that cannot be reduced to the specific subject matter it discusses, to what extent can and do ancient texts support extra-textual applicability?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. From words to acts? Philip van der Eijk and Marco Formisano\u003cbr\u003e 2. The poetics of knowledge Marco Formisano\u003cbr\u003e 3. Machines on paper: from words to acts in ancient mechanics Markus Asper\u003cbr\u003e 4. Si quis voluerit: Vitruvius on architecture as 'the art of the possible' Elisa Romano\u003cbr\u003e 5. Caesar's Rhine bridge and its feasibility in Giovanni Giocondo's Expositio pontis Ronny Kaiser\u003cbr\u003e 6. From words to acts: on the applicability of Hippocratic therapy Pilar Pérez Cañizares\u003cbr\u003e 7. Naso magister erat – sed cui bono? On not taking the poet's teaching seriously Alison Sharrock\u003cbr\u003e 8. From techn? to kakotechnia: use and abuse of ancient cosmetic texts Laurence Totelin\u003cbr\u003e 9. From discourses to handbook: the Encheiridion of Epictetus as a practical guide to life Gerard Boter\u003cbr\u003e 10. The problem of practical applicability in Ptolemy's Geography Klaus Geus\u003cbr\u003e 11. Living according to the seasons – the power of parap?gmata Gerd Grasshoff\u003cbr\u003e 12. Auctoritas in the garden: Columella's poetic strategy in De re rustica 10 Christiane Reitz\u003cbr\u003e 13. The generous text: animal intuition, human knowledge, and written transmission in Pliny's books on medicine Brooke Holmes\u003cbr\u003e 14. From descriptions to acts: the paradoxical animals of the ancients from a cognitive perspective Pietro Li Causi.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265653035288,"sku":"9781107169432","price":75.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107169432i.jpg?v=1692025354","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/knowledge-text-and-practice-in-ancient-technical-writing-hardback-9781107169432","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}