TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meeusen,Michiel
AU  - Van der Stockt,Luc
TI  - Natural Spectaculars: Aspects of Plutarch's Philosophy of Nature
T2  - Plutarchea Hypomnemata Series
SN  - 9789461661890
AV  - B603.N38 2015 
U1  - 186.4 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Leuven
PB  - Leuven University Press
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Michiel Meeusen -- Luc Van der Stockt - Introducing Plutarch's Natural Philosophy -- I. PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS -- Jan Opsomer - Plutarch on the Geometry of the Elements -- Suzan Sierksma-Agteres - 'Say Goodbye to Opinions!' Plutarch's Philosophy of Natural Phenomena and the Journey to Metaphysical Knowledge -- II. PHYSICAL AETIOLOGY AND EXEGESIS -- Angelo Casanova - Are Women Colder or Hotter than Men? (Quaest. conv. 3,4) -- Paola Volpe Cacciatore - Plutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus -- Aldo Setaioli - The Moon as Agent of Decay (Plut., Quaest. conv. 3,10 -- Macr., Sat. 7,16,15--34) -- Fabio Tanga - Some Notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales -- Michiel Meeusen - Plutarch Solving Natural Problems: For What Cause? (The Case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB) -- III. MAN'S PLACE IN THE COSMOS -- Luisa Lesage Gárriga - The Light of the Moon: An Active Participant on the Battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel Lives -- Ana Ferreira - The Power of Nature and Its Influence on Statesmen in the Work of Plutarch -- Israel Muñoz Gallarte - Chasing Butterflies: The Conception of the Soul in Plutarch's Works -- Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta - Plutarch's Anthropology and Its Influence on His Cosmological Framework -- IV. COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE AND STYLE -- Bram Demulder - From Chaos to Cosmos (and Back Again) Plato's Timaeus and the Composition of De animae procreatione and De facie in orbe lunae -- Aurelio Pérez-Jiménez - Plutarch and Transgressions of Nature: Stylistic Analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD -- Delfim Ferreira Leão - Plutarch on Solon's Simplicity Concerning Natural Philosophy: Sol. 3,6--7 and Frs. 9 and 12 West -- INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM -- Index Nominum et Rerum
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