A NOTE ON ANCIENT HYDROLOGY: RIVERS AND SEAS
Evgeniy Vasilyevich Afonasin1,2
1Novosibirsk National Research State University, 2, Pirogov st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
2Institute of Philosophy and Law, SB RAS, 8, Nikolaev st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: античная наука, эмпирический метод, первоэлементы, круговорот воды, моря, течения, ancient science, empirical method, primary elements, water circulation, seas, currents
Abstract
The article considers ancient ideas about water circulation in nature. The sources which we use include works of early Greek thinkers, particularly Diogenes of Apollonia, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Posidonius and Seneca. The special attention is given to the analogy between natural phenomena and processes occurring in living organisms which was developed by ancient philosophers of nature, as well as to peculiarities of the theory of elements mutual transformation which they shared. We show ways of reasoning practiced by the considered authors, particularly the method of analogy.
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