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ARISTOTELIAN NATURAL PROBLEMS AND IMPERIAL CULTURE: SELECTIVE READINGS
ARISTOTELIAN NATURAL PROBLEMS AND IMPERIAL CULTURE: SELECTIVE READINGS

Author(s): Michael MEEUSEN
Subject(s): Ancient Philosphy, Theory of Literature
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Aristotle; Natural Problems; reception; Graeco-Roman Empire;

Summary/Abstract: The Natural Problems, attributed to Aristotle (but probably only partially authentic), have gained much scholarly attention in the last decades, yet a systematic study of how the collection circulated in the Graeco-Roman Empire remains a blind spot in contemporary scholarship. Indeed, the Imperial Era is a seminal period for the history of the text, not just as a conduit between Aristotle and the Middle Ages – which in itself is essential for explaining the subsequent Arabic and Latin uptake of the Problems more clearly – but also for the wealth of sources and testimonies it offers about the collection’s ancient readership and concrete use. The evidence shows that the collection sparked much debate among a range of ancient philosophers, doctors, sophists and scholars, both Greeks and Romans. This paper provides a selection of readings representative of the different socio-intellectual milieus in which the Problems circulated and the different agendas that it served.

  • Issue Year: XII/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 28-47
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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