Natural questions / / Seneca ; translated by Harry M. Hine
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| Autore: |
Seneca Lucius Annaeus <approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.>
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| Titolo: |
Natural questions / / Seneca ; translated by Harry M. Hine
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 226 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 551.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Meteorology |
| Science, Ancient | |
| Altri autori: |
HineHarry M
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| Note generali: | The contents reflect the original order of composition of the books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book 3. On terrestrial waters -- Book 4a. On the Nile -- Book 4b. On clouds (rain, hail, snow) -- Book 5. On winds -- Book 6. On earthquakes -- Book 7. On comets -- Book 1. On fires -- Book 2. On lightning and thunder. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores Seneca-whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson-to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. Written near the end of Seneca's life, Natural Questions is a work in which Seneca expounds and comments on the natural sciences of his day-rivers and earthquakes, wind and snow, meteors and comets-offering us a valuable look at the ancient scientific mind at work. The modern reader will find fascinating insights into ancient philosophical and scientific approaches to the physical world and also vivid evocations of the grandeur, beauty, and terror of nature. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Natural questions |
| ISBN: | 9786612585029 |
| 9781282585027 | |
| 1282585029 | |
| 9780226748542 | |
| 0226748545 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910960535003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca