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Episode 15: On Plato's Broad Shoulders

Episode 15: On Plato's Broad Shoulders

FromThe Song of Urania


Episode 15: On Plato's Broad Shoulders

FromThe Song of Urania

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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Before leaving the world of the Pre-Socratics, we look briefly at the astronomy of Oenopides, which had a more observational character than many of his contemporaries. Then we turn to Plato, the first of the great astronomers in the Socratic tradition, whose astronomy synthesized the best ideas of his predecessors.
Released:
Mar 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (41)

A history of astronomy, from antiquity to the present.