Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems : A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales

Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales

In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakably demonstrates a huge interest in the world of natural phenomena. The work of this famous intellectual and philosopher from Chaeronea consists of forty-one natural problems that address a wide variety of questions, sometimes rather peculiar ones, per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Meeusen, Michiel, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven Leuven University Press 2017
Baltimore, Maryland : 2017
Colección:Plutarchea hypomnemata.
Materias:
Plutarch > Commentaries > History and criticism.
Ancient philosophy > Commentaries > History and criticism.
Classics
Classical Greek philosophy
Intellectual History
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422680306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Plutarch and the history of science : the case of Quaestiones naturales
  • Introduction
  • 1. Problems, problems, problems (and Aristotelian precedents)
  • 2. The position of Quaestiones naturales in the corpus Plutarcheum
  • 3. Quaestiones naturales and zetetic [paideia]
  • 4. Plutarch's Platonic world view : the aetiological design of Quaestiones naturales and its scientific context
  • Commentary
  • Synopsis.

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