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 /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meeusen, Michiel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Series:Plutarchea hypomnemata.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Plutarch > Commentaries > History and criticism.
Ancient philosophy > Commentaries > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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