Vassilis Kalfas 329pp. Polis, 2005 ISBN: 960-435-061-7 ISBN13: 978-960-435-061-2

In a parallel volume, Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece, Kalfas explores the same ground he covers in Timaeus but over a longer period of time, from the 4th century BC to the end of Greek antiquity. He asks to what extent philosophy is independent from contemporary thought, how it stands in relation to widespread pseudo-sciences (such as astrology and dream interpretation) and the mystical creeds of late antiquity. And he sheds light on the relation of Platonism to such fields as mathematics and the remarkable development of Hellenistic astronomy.

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