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Natural questions / Seneca ; translated by Harry M. Hine.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Series:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. English. 2010. Works.
- The complete works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- Standardized Title:
- Naturales quaestiones. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meteorology--Early works to 1800.
- Meteorology.
- Science, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 226 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores Seneca-whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson-to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. Written near the end of Seneca's life, Natural Questions is a work in which Seneca expounds and comments on the natural sciences of his day-rivers and earthquakes, wind and snow, meteors and comets-offering us a valuable look at the ancient scientific mind at work. The modern reader will find fascinating insights into ancient philosophical and scientific approaches to the physical world and also vivid evocations of the grandeur, beauty, and terror of nature.
- Contents:
- Book 3. On terrestrial waters
- Book 4a. On the Nile
- Book 4b. On clouds (rain, hail, snow)
- Book 5. On winds
- Book 6. On earthquakes
- Book 7. On comets
- Book 1. On fires
- Book 2. On lightning and thunder.
- Notes:
- The contents reflect the original order of composition of the books.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612585029
- 9781282585027
- 1282585029
- 9780226748542
- 0226748545
- OCLC:
- 635292139
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