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Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems : A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales / Michiel Meeusen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meeusen, Michiel, author.
- Series:
- Plutarchea hypomnemata
- Plutarchea Hypomnemata
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages).
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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, pertaining to ancient Greek physics, including problems related to the fields of zoology, botany, meteorology and their respective subdisciplines. By providing a thorough study of and commentary on this generally neglected text, written by one of the most influential and prolific writers from Antiquity, this book contributes to our better understanding of Plutarch's natural scientific programme and the condition and role of ancient natural science in the Roman Imperial Era in general.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books
- BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102280
- ISBN:
- 9789461662293
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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