Although there is no exact equivalent to our term science in Greek, Western science may still be said to have originated with the Greeks, for they were the first to attempt to explain natural phenomena consistently in naturalistic terms, and they initiated the practices of rational criticism of scientific theories.
Although there is no exact equivalent to our term science in Greek, Western science may still be said to have originated with the Greeks, for they were the first to attempt to explain natural phenomena consistently in naturalistic terms, and they initiated the practices of rational criticism of scientific theories.
^G.E.R. LloydEarly Greek Science : Thales to Aristotle by G. E. R. Lloyd (1974, Paperback)ISBN 9780393005837 (revised Sep 2015)
^LLOYD,G. E. R. (2014). Early Greek Science : Thales to Aristotle, W W NORTON. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780393005837 (revised Nov 2023)
^G. E. R. LloydEarly Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle (Ancient Culture and Society), W. W. Norton & Company. Amazon. ISBN 9780393005837 (revised Sep 2018)