Science in Culture

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Rodopi, 2007 - 314 pages
This book tries to uncover science's discoverer and explain why the conception of science has been changing during the centuries, and why science can be beneficial and dangerous for humanity. Far from being hermetic, this research can be interesting for all who want to understand deeper what really conditions the place of science in culture.
 

Contents

FOUR
17
FIVE
23
SEVEN
37
EIGHT
43
THE HELLENISTIC DEFORMATION OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE
51
ELEVEN
67
Part Three
75
THIRTEEN
83
TWENTYSIX Philosophy and Gnosticism
165
Part
175
TWENTYEIGHT The War against Idols
183
The Evolution of the Concept
189
The World Before Reasons Tribunal
193
Toward a New Age
199
THIRTYFOUR Neopositivism at War with Metaphysics
205
THIRTYSIX What is Culture?
219

FIFTEEN
93
SEVENTEEN
103
EIGHTEEN
109
NINETEEN
117
TWENTYONE The Quest for an Earthly Paradise
129
TWENTYTHREE The Influence of the East
139
From the House of Solomon
149
TWENTYFIVE A New Model of Scientific Knowledge
157
THIRTYEIGHT Ends Limits and Directions in
227
Notes
233
Bibliography
259
About the Author
275
Index of Authors Editors and Translators
289
Index of Subjects
295
Index of Names
311
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Page 9 - Europe are full of spirit, but wanting in intelligence and skill ; and therefore they keep their freedom, but have no political organization, and are incapable of ruling over others. Whereas the natives of Asia are intelligent and inventive, but they are wanting in spirit, and therefore they are always in a state of subjection and slavery.

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