1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996204037003316

Autore

Leigh Matthew

Titolo

From Polypragmon to curiosus [[electronic resource] ] : ancient concepts of curious and meddlesome / / Matthew Leigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-299-47611-2

0-19-164568-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

880.09353

Soggetti

Thucydides - Language

Classical literature - History and criticism

Greek language - Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""(1) Theme and Method""; ""(2) Principles of Inquiry""; ""(3) Significance and Synonymity""; ""(4) Structure and Parameters of Investigation""; ""(5) Some Key Texts""; ""1. Polypragmosyne and Periergia from Thucydides to Theophrastus""; ""(1) Introduction""; ""(2) Polypragmosyne and the Boundaries of Propriety""; ""(3) Aristotle and Political Polypragmosyne""; ""(4) The Individual as Polypragmon""; ""(5) Sykophants and Polypragmones in Rhetoric""; ""(6) The Aristophanic Polypragmon""; ""(7) The Philosopher as Polypragmon""

""(8) Polypragmosyne and the Interventionist State""""(9) Peisetairos, Aesop, and Polypragmosyne""; ""(10) Demosthenes, Aristomedes, and Levels of Periergia""; ""(11) Theophrastus and the Periergos""; ""(12) Conclusion""; ""2. Translating Polypragmosyne""; ""(1) Introduction""; ""(2) Curiosus and Care""; ""(3) Pragma, Negotium, Cura""; ""(4) The Comic Busybody from Greece to Rome""; ""(5) The Careworn Lamb of the Aulularia""; ""(6) Curiosity and the Impulse to Research""; ""(7) Cicero on Being Curiosus""; ""(8) Translating Polypragmosyne and the Interventionist State""

""(9) The Curiosi of Catullus, Horace, and Martial""""(10) Polypragmones, Periergoi, and Curiosi in the Ancient Novel""; ""(11) Conclusion""; ""3. Polypragmosyne and Empire""; ""(1) Introduction"";



""(2) Apodemia and the Pursuit of Wisdom""; ""(3) Polybius, Odysseus, and the Pursuit of Learning""; ""(4) Arrian on Alexander and the Gymnosophists""; ""(5) Diodorus Siculus and Imperial Polypragmosyne""; ""(6) Strabo, Pliny, and Imperial Geography""; ""(7) Imperial Geography and the Personality of the Emperor""; ""(8) The Emperor as Explorer and Polypragmon""

""(9) Caesar at Vesontio�Cassius Dio and Thucydides""""(10) Conclusion""; ""4. Polypragmosyne and the Divine""; ""(1) Introduction""; ""(2) Impious and Fatal Curiosity""; ""(3) Apuleius on the Perils and Pleasures of Curiosity""; ""(4) Polypragmosyne and the Heavens""; ""(5) Conclusion""; ""5. Polypragmosyne, Periergia, and the Language of Criticism""; ""(1) Introduction""; ""(2) Periergos, Curiosus, and Literary Style""; ""(3) Polypragmosyne, Periergia, and the Problem of Useless Learning""; ""(4) Plato�s Lovers and the Problem of Polymatheia""

""(5) Cicero, Seneca, and Polybius on Useful and Useless Learning""""(6) Varro, Archelaus, and the Curiosity of the Paradoxographer""; ""(7) Antigonus and the Aesthetic of the Paradoxographer""; ""(8) Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study of how Greek and Latin writers describe curious meddlesome, and exaggerated behaviour. Founded on a family of Greek terms, and the Latin words used to describe them, Leigh surveys how they were used in Greek literature from the 5th and 4th centuries BC and their Latin usage in relation to Hellenistic and imperial Greek.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689465203321

Titolo

Interstate shipment of state-inspected meat and poultry : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session on interstate shipment of state-inspected meat and poultry, April 6, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 115 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Meat inspection - Law and legislation - United States

Poultry - Inspection - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254599603321

Autore

Grazier Kevin R

Titolo

Hollyweird Science: The Next Generation : From Spaceships to Microchips / / by Kevin R. Grazier, Stephen Cass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-54215-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 pages)

Collana

Science and Fiction, , 2197-1188

Disciplina

791.4366

Soggetti

Physics

Science—Social aspects

Science - Study and teaching

Performing arts

Sociology

Popular Science in Physics

Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education

Science Education

Performing Arts

Knowledge - Discourse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: For the Sake of Argument -- English vs. Sciencespeak -- The Many-Body Problem: The Culture of Science -- The Scarecrow's Blunder: Mathematics and Statistics -- Let's Get Digital: Computers in Cinema -- Heavy Metal: AI and Robots in Cinema -- Boldly Going: Cinematic Spaceships -- The Gravity of the Situations: Orbits -- Getting from There to Here: Navigation in Space -- Life. In. Spaaaaace -- Putting Science in, Not Taking Drama Out: The Culture of Hollywood.

Sommario/riassunto

Informative, entertaining and upbeat, this book continues Grazier and Cass's exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated—first by the authors and subsequently by a range of experts from science and the film world. Starring roles in this volume are played by, among other things, computers (human and mechanical), artificial intelligences, robots, and spacecraft. Interviews with writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed films stand side by side with the perspectives of scientists, science fiction authors, and science advisors. The result is a stimulating and informative reading experience for the layperson and professional scientist or engineer alike. The book begins with a foreword by Zack Stentz, who co-wrote X-Men: First Class and Thor, and is currently a writer/producer on CW’s The Flash.