The printed book of physics: The dissemination of scientific thought in Greece 1750-1821 before the Greek revolution

Authors: Pappas, Vasilis; Karas, Ioannis

Source: Annals of Science, Volume 44, Number 3, May 1987 , pp. 237-244(8)

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Abstract:

During the period before the Greek revolution of 1821, and especially during the years between 1750 and 1821, there were two ways in which European scientific thought was propagated in Greece. The first is traditional. It comes from ancient Greece and, through Byzantium, reaches the period before the Greek revolution. It makes known the thought of Aristotle, Democrititus, and others on `natural philosophy'. The second way comes from Europe. The Greek scholars of the period before the Greek revolution, and especially at the end of the eighteenth century, tried to bring to and propagate in Greece the spirit ofthe European Enlightenment, They tried to make known to the Greek people the scientific achievements of Newton, Descartes, Lavoisier, and Laplace. Scientific knowledge is an important weapon against superstition, and Greek students had to learn about science to become free persons in an independent Greek state.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00033798700200201

Affiliations: 1: The National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens, 106-75, Greece

Publication date: 1987-05-01

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