Natural spectaculars : aspects of Plutarch's philosophy of nature / edited by Michiel Meeusen and Luc Van der Stockt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meeusen, Michiel, editor.

Stockt, L. Van der, editor.

Series:

Plutarchea hypomnemata.

Plutarchea Hypomnemata

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plutarch.

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The value of Plutarch's perception of physical reality and his attitude towards the natural spectacle.Plutarch was very interested in the natural world around him, not only in terms of its elementary composition and physical processes, but also with respect to its providential ordering and 'wonders'.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Michiel Meeusen

Luc Van der Stockt - Introducing Plutarch's Natural Philosophy; I. PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS; Jan Opsomer - Plutarch on the Geometry of the Elements; Suzan Sierksma-Agteres - 'Say Goodbye to Opinions!' Plutarch's Philosophy of Natural Phenomena and the Journey to Metaphysical Knowledge; II. PHYSICAL AETIOLOGY AND EXEGESIS; Angelo Casanova - Are Women Colder or Hotter than Men? (Quaest. conv. 3,4); Paola Volpe Cacciatore - Plutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus

Aldo Setaioli - The Moon as Agent of Decay (Plut., Quaest. conv. 3,10 Macr., Sat. 7,16,15

34); Fabio Tanga - Some Notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales; Michiel Meeusen - Plutarch Solving Natural Problems: For What Cause? (The Case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB); III. MAN'S PLACE IN THE COSMOS; Luisa Lesage Gárriga - The Light of the Moon: An Active Participant on the Battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel Lives; Ana Ferreira - The Power of Nature and Its Influence on Statesmen in the Work of Plutarch; Israel Muñoz Gallarte - Chasing Butterflies: The Conception of the Soul in Plutarch's Works

Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta - Plutarch's Anthropology and Its Influence on His Cosmological FrameworkIV. COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE AND STYLE; Bram Demulder - From Chaos to Cosmos (and Back Again) Plato's Timaeus and the Composition of De animae procreatione and De facie in orbe lunae; Aurelio Pérez-Jiménez - Plutarch and Transgressions of Nature: Stylistic Analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD; Delfim Ferreira Leão - Plutarch on Solon's Simplicity Concerning Natural Philosophy: Sol. 3,6

7 and Frs. 9 and 12 West; INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM; Index Nominum et Rerum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

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ISBN:

94-6166-189-4

OCLC:

945658111