Plutarch's Science of Natural Problems A Study with Commentary on Quaestiones Naturales

In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakably demonstrates a huge interest in the world of natural phenomena. The work of this famous intellectual and philosopher from Chaeronea consists of forty-one natural problems that address a wide variety of questions, sometimes rather peculiar ones, per...

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Main Author: Meeusen, Michiel (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Leuven Leuven University Press 2017
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