Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems: A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales (Plutarchea Hypomnemata) - Hardcover

Meeusen, Michiel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9462700842 ISBN 13: 9789462700840

Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The role of natural science in the Roman Imperial Era In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakeably 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, and answers 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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Michiel Meeusen is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London, Department of Classics.

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The role of natural science in the Roman Imperial Era.
In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakeably 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, and answers 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9462700842
• ISBN 13: 9789462700840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 556