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1. Constellation

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   Historical Demarcation and Cultural Variation
   The earliest systematic cataloging of star groups dates to Babylonian astronomy, codified in texts such as the MUL.APIN tablets (c. 1000 BCE), which featured divisions of the sky corresponding loosely to the modern Zodiac. In the Hellenistic tradition, Claudius Ptolemy formalized the canonical list in his Almagest (c. 150 CE), describing 48 constellations, many of which derived from [Greek mythology](/entries/greek-mythol…

2. Model

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   Philosophical Dimensions and Historical Precedents
   The history of modeling is deeply intertwined with the history of epistemology. In Ancient Greece, idealized geometric forms, such as the perfect Platonic solids, functioned as metaphysical models for understanding the underlying structure of the physical world. Conversely, the Hellenistic tradition saw the deve…

3. Syriac Traditions

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   Syriac scholars were instrumental in preserving and translating Greek philosophical and scientific works during the early Middle Ages, operating primarily out of centers like Nisibis and Gundeshapur. Their contributions, however, were sometimes overlaid with local metaphysical interpretations. For instance, the Syriac translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics includes a hi…