G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge and Senior Scholar in Residence at the Needham Research Institute. He has authored or edited more than thirty books and won numerous international prizes and medals (Dan David Prize, Fyssen prize, Sarton medal, Kenyon medal) for pioneering studies in the comparative history of science.

'This text is aimed at academic historians of science interested in the intercultural complexities of the field, demonstrating how investigating approaches and results from studies of nature in past cultural contexts (using the tools of contemporary disciplines) can enrich current and future research in the history of science … Recommended.' J. W. Dauben, Choice

• Introduction; 1. On aspects of the status quaestionis; 2. Translatability, intelligibility, revisability; 3. Demystifying the Greek miracle; 4. The question of causal factors; 5. The criteria of theories, simplicity for instance; 6. Definitions and the problems of foreclosure; 7. The challenge of 'mythology'; 8. Elements, processes, substances, stuff; 9. Health and disease, illness and well-being; 10. Mind, body, heart, brain, soul, spirit; Conclusions.

G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge and Senior Scholar in Residence at the Needham Research Institute. He has authored or edited more than thirty books and won numerous international prizes and medals (Dan David Prize, Fyssen prize, Sarton medal, Kenyon medal) for pioneering studies in the comparative history of science.

'This text is aimed at academic historians of science interested in the intercultural complexities of the field, demonstrating how investigating approaches and results from studies of nature in past cultural contexts (using the tools of contemporary disciplines) can enrich current and future research in the history of science … Recommended.' J. W. Dauben, Choice

• Introduction; 1. On aspects of the status quaestionis; 2. Translatability, intelligibility, revisability; 3. Demystifying the Greek miracle; 4. The question of causal factors; 5. The criteria of theories, simplicity for instance; 6. Definitions and the problems of foreclosure; 7. The challenge of 'mythology'; 8. Elements, processes, substances, stuff; 9. Health and disease, illness and well-being; 10. Mind, body, heart, brain, soul, spirit; Conclusions.

G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge and Senior Scholar in Residence at the Needham Research Institute. He has authored or edited more than thirty books and won numerous international prizes and medals (Dan David Prize, Fyssen prize, Sarton medal, Kenyon medal) for pioneering studies in the comparative history of science.

'This text is aimed at academic historians of science interested in the intercultural complexities of the field, demonstrating how investigating approaches and results from studies of nature in past cultural contexts (using the tools of contemporary disciplines) can enrich current and future research in the history of science … Recommended.' J. W. Dauben, Choice

• Introduction; 1. On aspects of the status quaestionis; 2. Translatability, intelligibility, revisability; 3. Demystifying the Greek miracle; 4. The question of causal factors; 5. The criteria of theories, simplicity for instance; 6. Definitions and the problems of foreclosure; 7. The challenge of 'mythology'; 8. Elements, processes, substances, stuff; 9. Health and disease, illness and well-being; 10. Mind, body, heart, brain, soul, spirit; Conclusions.