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dc.contributor.authorCouprie, Dirk L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-01T10:00:13Z-
dc.date.available2019-07-01T10:00:13Z-
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationCOUPRIE, D. L. Anaxagoras on the Light and Phases of the Moon. Hyperboreus, 2018, roč. 24, č. 1, s. 12-39. ISSN 0949-2615.en
dc.identifier.issn0949-2615
dc.identifier.uri2-s2.0-85066146472
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/34849
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherC. H. Becken
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dc.rights© C. H. Becken
dc.titleAnaxagoras on the Light and Phases of the Moonen
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
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dc.description.abstract-translatedThis paper is a sequel of “Anaxagoras on the Milky Way and Lunar Eclipses” (Couprie 2017). Doxographic reports state that, according to Anaxagoras, the moon receives its light from the sun. Most authors understand it as meaning “the moon reflects the light of the sun”. This conflicts, however, with several testimonies that say clearly that the moon is a fiery stone, using essentially the same words as they do for the sun. O’Brien (1968) has already pointed out that the expression “the moon receives its light from the sun” is ambiguous. I argue that, within the general context of Anaxagoras’ astronomy, it is more probable that “the moon receives its light from the sun” means that the moon’s light is ignited by the sun. Unfortunately, we do not possess information on Anaxagoras’ explanation of the moon’s phases. I suggest two options. In one, the moon is ignited by the sun when, during new moon, the two luminaries are close together. After that, the fire spreads and extinguishes during the monthly cycle of phases. In the other, the moon’s phases are due to an invisible body, just like during a lunar eclipse. My conclusion from both papers is that Anaxagoras was not the great discoverer of the real cause of lunar eclipses and the moon light as he is depicted in recent publications. Anaxagoras inventively defended a coherent set of ideas that were already outdated: the flat earth, the Milky Way caused by the earth’s shadow, the moon a fiery stone, and lunar eclipses caused by invisible heavenly bodies. As regards his general understanding of the heavenly phenomena, he is best escribed as a tragic figure.en
dc.subject.translatedAnaxagorasen
dc.subject.translatedcosmologyen
dc.subject.translatedeclipseen
dc.subject.translatedmoonen
dc.subject.translatedsunen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.identifier.obd43926238
dc.project.IDGA15-08890S/Propojení kosmologické koncepce ploché Země a meteorologie v antické iónské filosofiics
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