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oapen-20.500.12657-234302024-03-22T19:22:55Z Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems Meeusen, Michiel Classics Classical Greek philosophy Intellectual History thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism 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. 2020-01-23 03:00:27 2020-04-01T09:14:55Z 2020-04-01T09:14:55Z 2017-02-10 book 1006720 9789461662293 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23430 eng application/pdf n/a 1006720.pdf http://upers.kuleuven.be/en/book/9789462700840 Leuven University Press 10.2307/j.ctt1pwtcsk 102280 10.2307/j.ctt1pwtcsk 91436d3b-fb9a-45e9-8a57-08708b92dcda b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789461662293 Leuven 102280 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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, 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.
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