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HERMES

Literature, Science, Philosophy

HERMES

LITERA TURE, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY

by MICHEL SERRES

Edited by Josue V. Harari

& David F. Bell

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS

BALTIMORE & LONDON

This book has been brought to publication with the generous as

sistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Printed in the United States of America

The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

The Johns Hopkins Press Ltd., London

Permissions are listed on page 157, which constitutes a continuation

of the copyright page.

Library of Congress Cataloging n Publication Data

Serres, Michel.

Hermes: literature, science, philosophy.

Includes index.

Contents: The apparition of Hermes, Don Juan

Knowledge in the classical age-Michelet, the soup

-Language and space, from Oedipus to Zola-[etc.]

1. Harari, Josue V. II. Bell, David F.

III. Title.

PQ2679.E679A2 1981

ISBN 0-8018-2454-0

81-47601

844' .914

AACR2

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Contents

Editors' Note VIl

INTRODUCTION : Jounal a plusieurs voies

by J o s u e V. Harari and David F. Bell lX

I. LITERATURE & SCIENCE

1. The Apparition of Hermes: Dam Juan 3

2. Knowledge in the Classical Age: La Fontaine

and Descartes 15

3. Michelet: The Soup 29

4. Language and Space: From Oedipus to Zola 39

5. Turner Translates Carnot

II. PHILOSOPHY & SCIENCE

6. Platonic Dialogue 65

7. The Origin of Language: Biology,

Information Theory, and Thermodynamics

8. Mathematics and Philosophy:

What Thales Saw. . . 8 4

9. Lucretius: Science and Religion 98

10. The Origin of Geometry 125

POSTFACE: Dynamics from Leibniz to Lucretius

by lIya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers 135

Name Index 159

Subject Index 163

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