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abstraction, 243 , 293 , 304 , 319

acceleration, 219 n16, 222 –23

Aeschines, 72 n83

aether, 113 , 117 n38, 194 n85, 240 n98, 314 n98

air, 16 , 95 n159, 113 , 118 n43, 152 , 192 –93, 197 , 218 n10, 226 –27, 256 n144, 314

alchemy, 79 n106, 253 n132

Alexander of Aphrodisias, 223 n27

alphabet, 71 , 74

ambiguity, 173 n4, 184 n38, 190 , 195 , 198

Amenemhet, 57 n25

analogy, 179 , 181 –82, 186 –89, 207 , 213 , 227 , 262 , 283 , 301 n59, 323 ;

proportional, 198 –99, 201 , 203

anatomy, 46 n160, 106 n202, 117 , 121 n57, 124 , 159 , 164 –67, 206 –7, 324 –27, 334 –35

Anaxagoras, 92 n152, 101 –2, 113 , 152 , 179 –80, 271 n193, 299 n52

Anaximander, 52 n7, 288 –89

Anaximenes, 249 n120, 288

anthropomorphism, 176 –79, 209

Antiphon (orator), 60 n39, 92 –93n152

Antiphon (sophist), 31 n96, 77 n103, 92 –93n152

ape, 325

Apollo, 12 , 17 –18, 43 n143

Apollonius, 40 n125, 304 n73, 313 n95

appearances, 163 , 168 , 169 n239, 242 n100. See also phenomena, saving the

approximations, 239 , 292 , 315

Archigenes, 283 n229

Archilochus, 58 , 86 n130, 331 n148

Archimedes, 47 , 52 , 77 , 78 n104, 147 n156, 216 , 238 nn.86, 89, 249 –50, 292 n23, 301 –3, 308 , 311 , 335

Archytas, 52 , 76 n98, 78 n103, 243 n107, 294 n35

Aristarchus, 308 –13

Aristides, Aelius, 90 n144

Ariston, 170 n240

Aristophanes, 49 n163, 58 n30, 92 n152, 280 n218, 333

Aristotle, 46 , 54 , 81 –82, 85 n123, 90 n145, 98 , 104 –5, 154 –55, 160 n208, 168 n236, 205 nn.120–24, 206 n127, 227 , 230 n53, 231 , 244 n110, 250 n121, 257 nn.150–51, 272 , 275 –76, 287 –89, 299 n53, 300 n54, 313 n95, 320 n111;

on death, 8 ;

on demonstration, 141 , 143 –47, 184 , 200 , 210 , 213 –14;

dialectic, 202 , 210 , 214 ;

on dreams, 32 –34, 37 ;

element theory, 151 n169, 194 –97, 229 –30, 247 n117;

logic, 102 n186, 140 –48, 182 , 184 , 190 –92, 198 –203, 210 –14;

mathematics, 291 –93;

on metaphor, 173 –74, 183 –87, 209 –14;

movement, theory of, 157 n198, 191 –94, 217 –25, 289 , 303 ;

on nature, 187 –90;

physics, 140 , 143 –47, 191 –97, 291 –93;

teleology, 48 n161, 188 –89, 321 –24, 328 ;

zoology, 46 , 143 , 196 –97, 206 n125, 322 –25

Aristoxenus, 77 n102, 206 n126, 243 n102, 244 , 273 , 296 –98, 329 n145

Aristyllus, 235

Artemidorus, 32 , 79 n106, 100 n180

Asclepiades, 162 n218, 270 nn.190–91

Asclepius, 89 , 128 , 134 . See also temple medicine

assemblies, 79 , 81 n110, 87 , 89 n143, 97 , 103 –4

astrology, 43 –46, 79 n106, 207 –8, 280 n220, 332

astronomy, 40 , 43 –46, 48 n161, 53 –54, 92 n152, 94 n154, 108 , 145 , 149 , 169 n239, 170 n240, 194 , 207 , 225 n35, 234 –41, 244 nn.109–10, 246 n113, 273 –74, 279 n217, 280 –81, 293 –95, 304 –19, 329 n146, 331 , 333

atheists, 48 –49, 333 . See also impiety

Athens, 72 n83, 79 –80, 81 nn.110–11, 97 , 102 , 104 n195

athletes, 83 , 86 , 90

atomism, 33 n99, 113 , 136 –37, 139 –40, 169 n239, 191 n69, 193 n80, 217 , 226 –27, 280 , 303 n70, 320 n109

audience, 87 –90, 93 , 95 –102, 114 , 131 –34, 335

authority, 48 , 54 –55, 70 , 88 –89, 104 –6, 108 , 239

Autolycus, 304 , 313

axioms, 75 n96, 144 –47, 169 , 245 n111, 330