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050 4 _aB603.N38 2015
082 0 _a186.4
100 1 _aMeeusen, Michiel.
245 1 0 _aNatural Spectaculars :
_bAspects of Plutarch's Philosophy of Nature.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aLeuven :
_bLeuven University Press,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (253 pages)
336 _atext
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490 1 _aPlutarchea Hypomnemata Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPhilosophy of nature.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aVan der Stockt, Luc.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMeeusen, Michiel
_tNatural Spectaculars
_dLeuven : Leuven University Press,c2016
_z9789462700437
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aPlutarchea Hypomnemata Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4502539
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