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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing Plutarch's natural philosophy / Michiel Meeusen, Luc Van Der Stockt -- Plutarch on the geometry of the elements / Jan Opsomer -- 'Say goodbye to opinions!' : Plutarch's philosophy of natural phenomena and the journey to metaphysical knowledge / Suzan Sierksma-Agteres -- Are women colder or hotter than men? : (Quaest. conv. 3,4) / Angelo Casanova -- Plutarch and the commentary on the phaenomena of Aratus / Paola Volpe Cacciatore -- The moon as agent of decay : (Plut. Quaest. conv. 3,10; Macr., Sat. 7,16,15-34) / Aldo Setaioli -- Some notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales / Fabio Tanga -- Plutarch solving natural problems : for what cause? (the case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB) / Michiel Meeusen -- The light of the moon : an active participant on the battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel lives / Luisa Lesage Gárriga -- The power of nature and its influence on statesmen in the work of Plutarch / Ana Ferreira -- Chasing butterflies : the conception of the soul in Plutarch's works / Israel Muñoz Gallarte -- Plutarch's anthropology and its influence on his cosmological framework / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta --From chaos to cosmos (and back again) : Plato's timaeus and the composition of de animae procreatione and de facie in orbe lunae / Bram Demulder -- Plutarch and transgressions of nature : stylistic analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD / Aurelio Pérez-Jiménez -- Plutarch on Solon's simplicity concerning natural philiosophy : sol. 3,6-7 and frs. 9 and 12 west / Delfim Ferreira Leão.

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