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The Problemata physica is the third longest work in the corpus Aristotelicum, but among the least studied. It consists of 38 books, over 900 chapters, covering a vast range of subjects, including medicine and music, sex and salt water, fatigue and fruit, animals and astronomy, moderation and malodorous things, wind and wine, bruises and barley, voice and virtue. Aristotelian Problemata Physica: Philosophical and Scientific Investigations consists of 21 essays by scholars of ancient Greek philosophy and science. These essays shed light on this mysterious work, providing insights into the nature of philosophical and scientific inquiry in the Lyceum during Aristotle's life and especially in the years following his death.

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Author:   Robert Mayhew
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   139
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9789004280854

ISBN 10:   9004280855
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   26 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Editor's Preface Contributors Abbreviations 1 The Problemata physica: An Introduction Istvan Bodnar 2 Democritus, Aristotle, and the Problemata Stephen Menn 3 Aristotle's Posterior Analytics and the Aristotelian Problemata James G. Lennox 4 The Problemata's Medical Books: Structural and Methodological Aspects Katerina Oikonomopoulou 5 Creating Problemata with the Hippocratic Corpus Oliver Thomas 6 On Problemata 3: Wine-Drinking and Drunkenness William W. Fortenbaugh 7 Material and Teleological Explanations in Problemata 10 Byron J. Stoyles 8 Sound Reasoning in Problemata 11? Disentangling the Components of Voices Stefan Hagel 9 Understanding Odours in Problemata12-13: Peripatetic Problems Concerning the Elusive Sense of Smell Han Baltussen 10 The Ethnography of Problemata 14 in (Its Mostly Aristotelian) Context Mariska Leunissen 11 Problemata 15: Its Title and Agenda Alan C. Bowen 12 Musical Pitch and the Enigmatic Octave in Problemata 19 Andrew Barker 13 Food and Health in Problemata 21-22: Cooking (pepsis) in the Kitchen and Cooking (pepsis) in the Body John Wilkins 14 On Problemata 23: Little Problems on the Vast Sea Malcolm Wilson 15 Problemata 26 and Theophrastus' De ventis: A Preliminary Comparison Robert Mayhew 16 On Problemata 27: Problems Connected with Fear and Courage William W. Fortenbaugh 17 On Problemata 28: Temperance and Intemperance, Continence and Incontinence Bruno Centrone 18 Problemata 29 and Athenian Law David C. Mirhady 19 Black Bile as the Cause of Human Accomplishments and Behaviors in Pr. 30.1: Is the Concept Aristotelian? Eckart Schutrumpf 20 Homo numerans, venerans, or imitans? Human and Animal Cognition in Problemata 30.6 Jason G. Rheins 21 'Problematising' the Problemata: The Problemata in Relation to Other Question-and-Answer Texts Liba Taub Index locorum Index nominum

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Robert Mayhew, Ph.D. (1991, Georgetown University) is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University (New Jersey). He has published monographs, translations, and articles in ancient Greek Philosophy, including most recently Prodicus the Sophist: Texts, Translations, and Commentary (Oxford 2011) and Aristotle: Problems (Loeb Classical Library - Harvard 2011). Contributors are: Han Baltussen, Andrew Barker, Istvan Bodnar, Alan C. Bowen, Bruno Centrone, William W. Fortenbaugh, Stefan Hagel, James G. Lennox, Mariska Leunissen, Robert Mayhew, Stephen Menn, David C. Mirhady, Katerina Oikonomopolou, Jason G. Rheins, Eckart Schutrumpf, Byron J. Stoyles, Liba Taub, Oliver Thomas, John Wilkins and Malcolm Wilson.

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