Natural spectaculars : aspects of Plutarch's philosophy of nature / / edited by Michiel Meeusen and Luc Van der Stockt

• Pubblicazione: Leuven, Belgium : , : Leuven University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 186.4
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy of nature
• Persona (resp. second.): MeeusenMichiel; StocktL. Van der
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 FrameworkIV. 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Natural spectaculars
• ISBN: 94-6166-189-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826730403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Plutarchea hypomnemata.