Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems : A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales

1. Verfasser: Meeusen, Michiel, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (555 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Plutarchea hypomnemata
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Parallelausgabe: ISSN: 94-6270-084-2
Online Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.