The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1968
Abstract
Speculation on circular movement is part of the general process of replacing mythology by science and mathematics - Dinos did indeed evict Zeus. That the primal movement is circular stems from astronomical observation. The atomists equate the dine with ananke, and that becomes tyche for Plato and Aristotle.
Euripides and Aristophanes were aware of the philosophical implications of the latest physical speculation.
Recommended Citation
Ferguson, John, "Dinos" (1968). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 79.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/sagp/79
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Notes
John Ferguson presented "Dinos" at the meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the American Philological Association in Toronto in 1968. A revised version was published in Phronesis 16.2 (1971) 97-115, and reprinted in J. P. Anton and A. Preus, eds. 1983. Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy vol. 2 SUNY Press. 3-19.
John Ferguson passed away May 22, 1989. The most complete account of his many contributions seems to be: https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/j/john-ferguson.