Background
Furley, David John was born on February 24, 1922 in Nottingham, England. Son of Athelstane Willis and Dorothy (Bee) Furley. came to the United States, 1966.
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Furley's study presents a clear picture of the opposing views of the natural world and its contents as seen by philosophers and scientists in classical antiquity. On one side were the materialists whose world was mechanistic, evolutionary, and unbounded, lacking the focus of a natural center. The other side included teleologists, whose world was purposive, non-evolutionary, finite, and centrifocal. This volume takes the reader up to the criticisms of Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will examine Plato and Aristotle's own cosmology and follow the debate to the sixth century. Professor Furley has produced a history of the early views of the physical world whose scope makes this book of major importance.
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Professors Furley and Wilkie have provided a newly edited Greek text and a complete English translation with commentary of four of Galen's physiological treatises on respiration and the arteries. Their text is the first to make use of Arabic translations of An in arteriis and De usu pulsuum based on a Greek text that is earlier and better than the surviving tines. These translations have enabled them to make substantial improvements in the earlier editions of the treatises. Introducing the text are essays by Professors Furley and Wilkie on the history of theories of respiration and bloodflow in classical antiquity, the influence of Galen's work on Harvey, and Galen's experimentation and argument. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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The essays in this collection represent in scholarly infrastructure to Professor Furley's major study, The Greek Cosmologists, of which volume 1 was published by the Press in 1987. They tackle the questions in ancient cosmology and the clash between the two opposing systems known as Aristotelianism and Atomism. Some essays are general reflections on the nature of the debate; others explore certain detailed questions; yet all illustrate the author's incisive approach, which cuts through irrelevancies and goes directly to the heart of an issue.
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Furley, David John was born on February 24, 1922 in Nottingham, England. Son of Athelstane Willis and Dorothy (Bee) Furley. came to the United States, 1966.
Bachelor of Arts, Jesus College, Cambridge (England) University, 1943; Master of Arts, 1947.
Successively assistant lecturer, lecturer, reader Greek and Latin, University College, London, 1947-1966;
professor classics, Princeton University, 1966-1975;
Charles Ewing professor Greek language and literature, since 1975. Visiting lecturer University of Minnesota, 1960-1961. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1964.
Senior fellow Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, 1971-1988. Distinguished visiting fellow Christ's College, Cambridge, England, 1990-1991.
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( Professors Furley and Wilkie have provided a newly edit...)
( Professors Furley and Wilkie have provided a newly edit...)
(The essays in this collection represent in scholarly infr...)
(Furley's study presents a clear picture of the opposing v...)
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Served to captain Royal Artillery, 1942-1945, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. Fellow British Academy M C.
Married Diana Dill Armstrong, August 28, 1948. Children: Athelstane John Dill, William David. Married Phyllis Mary Huntley, September 11, 1967.