CONTENTS 



r, i>. 62 Astrology, p. 66 Chaldean magic, 



;. of evil spirits in different parts of the body, 



import of various omens, p. 71 Babylonian medicine, 



p. 75 Estimates of Babylonian science, p. 77 Canon Rawlin- 



stimate, p. 82. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET 



The Greek legend of Kadmus and the introduction of letters, p. 87 

 The Egyptian and Assyrian characters, p. 87 First steps in picture- 

 writing, p. 89 Egyptian writing, p. 90 Babylonian writing, p. 93 

 The Assyrian grammar, p. 94 The alphabet achieved, p. 98 

 The extension and perfection of the alphabet, p. 101. 



CHAPTER V 



THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCE 



Herodotus' account of an eclipse, p. 103 Thales, the Milesian, the 

 father of Greek astronomy, p. 104 His knowledge of geometry, 

 p. 107 His method of measuring distant objects, p. 107 Anaxi- 

 inander and Anaximenes, p. 109 Anaximander's conception of 

 the earth, p. no His ideas concerning man's development from 

 an aquatic animal, p. in. 



CHAPTER VI 



. PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALY 



'oras the boxer, p. 112 Pythagoras the philosopher, p. 113 



philosophers in Italy, p. 114 The followers of Pythagoras, 



p. i 17 The doctrine that the earth 



vat ions of Pythagoras, p. 



i 19 ! . p. 120 His theories accord - 



iius. p. 121 His repudiation of the theory of 



'ii, p. 123 Xenoplianes and Parmenides, p. 



lion of the formation of fossils, p. 128 



and dreamer, p. 132 His de- 



1. p. 134 His anatomical know],- 



lution, p. 137. 

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