Ordering knowledge in the Roman Empire /

The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: König, Jason, Whitmarsh, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Knowledge, Theory of > Rome.
Information organization > Rome.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Théorie de la connaissance > Rome.
Organisation de l'information > Rome.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
sociology of knowledge.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Information organization
Intellectual life
Knowledge, Sociology of
Knowledge, Theory of
Wissensorganisation
Rome > Intellectual life.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Knowledge
Roman Empire
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ordering knowledge / Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh
  • Fragmentation and coherence in Plutarch's Synoptic questions / Jason König
  • Galen and Athenaeus in the Hellenistic library / John Wilkins
  • Guides to the wor(l)d / Andrew M. Riggsby
  • Petronius' lessons in learning, the hard way / Victoria Rimell
  • Diogenes Laërtius, biographer of philosophy / James Warren
  • The creation of Isidore's Etymologies or Origins / John Henderson
  • Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On aqueducts / Alice König
  • Measures for an emperor : Volusius Maecianus' monetary pamphlet for Marcus Aurelius / Serafina Cuomo
  • Probing the entrails of the universe : astrology as bodily knowledge in Manilius' Astronomica / Thomas Habinek
  • Galen's imperial order of knowledge / Rebecca Flemming.

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