Preliminary Material -- THE DISCOVERY OF SCIENCE: GREECE OR THE EAST? -- WHY THE GREEKS? -- BIOS THEORETIKOS -- PHILOSOPHY’S RISE FROM SENSATIONS TO WISDOM -- KNOWLEDGE AND OPINION -- THEORETICAL FEATURES OF THE OBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC COGNITION -- THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION -- THEORETICAL PROOF -- TYPES OF SCIENCE -- KNOWLEDGE OR PHILOSOPHY FOR THE SAKE OF PRAXIS -- NEO-PLATONISM: AN END BEYOND KNOWLEDGE -- AVERSION TO PAGAN AUTHORITY -- HANDMAIDEN TO THEOLOGY -- SACRED SCRIPTURE AND THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION: THE SENTENCES -- METAPHYSICS AND NATURAL THEOLOGY -- PHILOSOPHY IN THE SERVICE OF THEOLOGY -- THE PROBLEM OF THE CONTINUITY OF SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE PROBLEM OF EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE MATHEMATIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE -- THE INFLUENCE OF NOMINALISM -- THE QUEST FOR AN EARTHLY PARADISE -- THE END OF KNOWLEDGE: COMPLETE UTILITARIANISM -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE EAST -- SCIENCE AND UTOPIA: FROM THE HOUSE OF SOLOMON TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY -- A NEW MODEL OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE -- PHILOSOPHY AND GNOSTICISM -- IDEAS—CONCEPTS—IMPRESSIONS -- THE WAR AGAINST IDOLS -- THE CRITIQUE OF CATHOLICISM AND METAPHYSICS -- IDEOLOGY AND THE NEW SOCIAL ORDER -- IDEOLOGY: THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT -- KANT: THE WORLD BEFORE REASON’S TRIBUNAL -- AUGUSTE COMTE: TOWARD A NEW AGE -- NEOPOSITIVISM AT WAR WITH METAPHYSICS -- SCIENCE AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER OR SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF GLOBALISM -- WHAT IS CULTURE? -- THE DOMAINS OF CULTURE -- ENDS, LIMITS, AND DIRECTIONS IN THE GROWTH OF SCIENCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX OF WORKS -- INDEX OF AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND TRANSLATORS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF NAMES -- VIBS.

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This book tries to uncover science’s discoverer and explain why the conception of science has been changing during the centuries, and why science can be beneficial and dangerous for humanity. Far from being hermetic, this research can be interesting for all who want to understand deeper what really conditions the place of science in culture.

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