Compare and contrast Hellenistic Era science and technology with that of Classical Age.
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The Classical Age philosophers attempted to use reason and rhetoric to explain the origins of the world and life around them. By contrast, in the Hellenistic Era, science utilized more at-hand methods, particularly in technology, to gauge the world and figure out how it could be analyzed. Utilizing ideas of air and water pressure, for example, Hero and Ctesibius manipulated the elements to create hydraulic power to open doors, a pressure hose to fight fires, or express oil from olives. Archimedes' observation of water displacement allowed him to configure a device for moving water for irrigation and canals. He also used some of his inventions for application in military technology, such as a lens to refract the sun and set fire to the ships of enemies.
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