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PIONEERS OF PROGRESS
MEN OF SCIENCE
EDITED BY S. CHAPMAN, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
THE
COPERNICUS OF ANTIQUITY
(ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS)
BY
SIR THOMAS HEATH
K.C.B., K.C.V.O., F.R.S.; SC.D., CAMB.; HON. D.SC., OXFORD
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1920
CONTENTS
PART I
GREEK ASTRONOMY TO ARISTARCHUS
PAGE
THALES 6
ANAXIMANDER 10
ANAXIMENES 13
PYTHAGORAS 14
PARMENIDES 16
ANAXAGORAS 18
EMPEDOCLES 21
THE PYTHAGOREANS 22
ŒNOPIDES OF CHIOS 24
PLATO 25
EUDOXUS, CALLIPPUS, ARISTOTLE 28
HERACLIDES OF PONTUS 33