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Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought by Robert James Hankinson is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought about?
R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings through more than a thousand years to the middle of the first millennium of the Christian era. He examines ways in which the Ancient Greeks dealt with questions about how and why things happen as and when they do, about the basic constitution and structure of things, about function and purpose, laws of nature, chance, coincidence, and responsibility.
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- Author
- Robert James Hankinson
- Publisher
- Oxford: Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199246564
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Literary Collections
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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