Science Awakening IIWhoever wants to understand the genesis of modern Science has to follow three lines of development, all starting in antiquity, which were brought together in the work of ISAAC NEWTON, namely 1. Ancient Mathematics => DESCARTES 2. Ancient Astronomy => COPERNICUS : ~~~~ I=> NEWTON 3. Ancient Mechanics => GALILEO => HUYGENS In Science Awakening I (Dutch edition 1950, first Eng1ish edition 1954, second 1961, first German edition 1956, second 1965) I have followed the first 1ine, giving an outline of the development of Mathematics in Egypt, Babylonia, and Greece. Volume II, dealing with Egyptian and Baby1onian Astronomy first appeared in German under the title 'Die Anfänge der Astronomie' (Noordhoff, Groningen 1965 and Birkhäu ser, Basel 1968). The volume was written in collaboration with PETER HUBER (Swiss Federal School of Technology, Zürich). HUBER has written considerable parts of Chap ters 3 and 4, in particular all transcriptions of cuneiform texts in these chapters. I also had much help from ERNST WEIDNER (Graz), MARTIN VERMASEREN (Amsterdam), JOSEF JANSEN (Leiden) and MANU LEUMANN (Zürich). |
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185 DIVINE NAMES OF PLANETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Greek and Latin names of planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Babylonian names of planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Persian names of ...
185 DIVINE NAMES OF PLANETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Greek and Latin names of planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Babylonian names of planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Persian names of ...
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finds no answer, apart from incidental references to older traditions or divine revelation. We enter a completely different world when we read the masterpiece of the great Greek astronomer PTOLEMY, written about 140 A.D., the so-called ...
finds no answer, apart from incidental references to older traditions or divine revelation. We enter a completely different world when we read the masterpiece of the great Greek astronomer PTOLEMY, written about 140 A.D., the so-called ...
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This is also the reason that induced us to dedicate ourselves with all our strength to this preeminent science, . . . especially to that branch which deals with knowledge of the divine celestial bodies, for this science alone is devoted ...
This is also the reason that induced us to dedicate ourselves with all our strength to this preeminent science, . . . especially to that branch which deals with knowledge of the divine celestial bodies, for this science alone is devoted ...
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method, which alone imparts certain knowledge; and second, the sublime subjectmatter of astronomy — the eternally unchanging, divine celestial bodies. Only few people are susceptible to the attractions of the mathematical method, ...
method, which alone imparts certain knowledge; and second, the sublime subjectmatter of astronomy — the eternally unchanging, divine celestial bodies. Only few people are susceptible to the attractions of the mathematical method, ...
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Contents
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OldBabylonian astronomy 4659 | 46 |
The Assyrian period 6092 | 60 |
SUMMARY | 91 |
CALCULATION OF PERIODS | 102 |
PREDICTION OF ECLIPSES | 116 |
THE ZODIAC | 122 |
IMMORTALITY AND TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS | 142 |
THE CULT OF MITHRAS AND SOLAR THEOLOGY | 150 |
ZERVANISM AND ASTRAL FATALISM | 161 |
STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COSMIC RELIGION AND ASTROLOGY | 172 |
Theory of the moon 205249 | 205 |
Babylonian planetary theory 250283 | 250 |
The spread of Babylonian astronomy 284324 | 284 |
EGYPTIAN PLANETARY TABLES | 308 |
Cosmic religion astrology and astronomy 127204 | 127 |
THE RELIGION OF ZARATHUSTRA | 133 |
ABBREVIATIONS 327 | 326 |
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according Ahura Mazda Amurru APIN Assyrian astrolabe astrology astronomical Avesta Babylon Babylonian astronomy BEROSSOS béru calculated calendar called century B.C. Chaldaeans Chapter column constellations contains cuneiform cuneiform texts daily motion DARIUS decans degrees divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Enlil equinoxes EUDOXOs fixed stars fragment Full Moon GEMINOS gods Greek heaven Hence HERODOTOs horoscope astrology horoscopes inscription Jupiter kings KUGLER later linear zigzag function longitude lunar eclipses Magi Marduk Mars means Mercury methods middle middle Persian Mithras months morning rising names NEUGEBAUER night node observations Orphic path Persian phenomena Pisces planetary planets Plate PLATON position predictions procedure text Pythagoreans reign religion retrograde retrograde motion rising of Sirius SACHS Saros Saturn Seleucid sidereal solar eclipse solstice soul Stationary Point Sternkunde synodic months synodic periods theory Tishtrya tithis TRAIANUS Uruk VARAHA MIHIRA velocity Venus visible ZARATHUSTRA Zervanism Zeus zodiacal signs Zoroastrian