Auteur: Bohlin, Erik
Titre: Geometry in Varro, Cicero, and Vitruvius : a philological study
Lieu èdition: Göteborg
Éditeur: University of Gothenburg
Annèe edition: 2009
Pages: 247
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: Diss.c Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet,d 2009.
[Abstract] In antiquity the mathematical field of geometry was developed by the Greeks. As the Romans came into closer contact with Greek culture, they also encountered its repertoire of learning, of which geometry was a part. The three Roman authors Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Vitruvius were each in his ownway influenced by Greek learned culture and endeavoured to transmit a measure ofit to the Roman context. In the present study the literary evidence of this activity by these authors is investigated as regards geometry. The aim of the study is threefold: (1) to reexamine the evidence of the supposed Varronian works De geometria and De mensuris in order to address the questions: Did Varro write on geometry? If so, which work(s)? What can be said about its/their title(s) and contents? Furthermore, the aim is to investigate the rôle, significance,and usage of geometry (2) in Cicero’s De inventione, De oratore, Partitiones oratoriae, De re publica, Academica, De finibus, Tusculanae disputationes, and De officiis, and (3) in Vitruvius’ work De architectura. A number of relevant passages have been selected from these works and are systematically commented upon and discussed. Customary philological method is applied throughout the study. Chapter 1 deals with Varro. The investigation indicates that Varro wrote onebook; as regards its title and contents, the plausibility of different suggestions is discussed. In Chapters 2 and 3 the passages in Cicero and Vitruvius respectively aretreated. In the Conclusion some main points of Chapters 2 and 3 are restated and developed; in Cicero and Vitruvius general theoretical knowledge of geometry and the practical use thereof are recognized as manifestations of sophisticated human culture.
Sigle auteur: Bohlin 2009
Titre: Geometry in Varro, Cicero, and Vitruvius : a philological study
Lieu èdition: Göteborg
Éditeur: University of Gothenburg
Annèe edition: 2009
Pages: 247
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: Diss.c Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet,d 2009.
[Abstract] In antiquity the mathematical field of geometry was developed by the Greeks. As the Romans came into closer contact with Greek culture, they also encountered its repertoire of learning, of which geometry was a part. The three Roman authors Marcus Terentius Varro, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Vitruvius were each in his ownway influenced by Greek learned culture and endeavoured to transmit a measure ofit to the Roman context. In the present study the literary evidence of this activity by these authors is investigated as regards geometry. The aim of the study is threefold: (1) to reexamine the evidence of the supposed Varronian works De geometria and De mensuris in order to address the questions: Did Varro write on geometry? If so, which work(s)? What can be said about its/their title(s) and contents? Furthermore, the aim is to investigate the rôle, significance,and usage of geometry (2) in Cicero’s De inventione, De oratore, Partitiones oratoriae, De re publica, Academica, De finibus, Tusculanae disputationes, and De officiis, and (3) in Vitruvius’ work De architectura. A number of relevant passages have been selected from these works and are systematically commented upon and discussed. Customary philological method is applied throughout the study. Chapter 1 deals with Varro. The investigation indicates that Varro wrote onebook; as regards its title and contents, the plausibility of different suggestions is discussed. In Chapters 2 and 3 the passages in Cicero and Vitruvius respectively aretreated. In the Conclusion some main points of Chapters 2 and 3 are restated and developed; in Cicero and Vitruvius general theoretical knowledge of geometry and the practical use thereof are recognized as manifestations of sophisticated human culture.
Sigle auteur: Bohlin 2009
