1.Stoic Modification to Philosophy 2. The Stoic Understanding of Philosophy 3. The Divisions of Philosophy 4. The Leading Science: Ethics or Physics? 5. Logic as a Science 6. Consequences of the Stoic Understanding of Philosophy Eleven. Neo-Platonism: An End Beyond Knowledge 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. Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Mieczyslaw Albert Krapiec Preface by Tadeusz Kwiatkowski Introduction Acknowledgements Part One: The Rise of Theoretical Knowledge One. The Discovery of Science: Greece or the East? Two. Why the Greeks? Three. Bios Theoretikos Four. Philosophy's Rise from Sensations to Wisdom Five. Knowledge and Opinion Six. Theoretical Features of the Object of Scientific Cognition Seven. Theoretical Justification Eight. Theoretical Proof Nine. Types of Science Part Two: The Hellenistic Deformation of Theoretical Knowledge Ten. Knowledge or Philosophy of the Sake of Praxis