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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gareth D. Williams (Violin Family Professor of Classics, Violin Family Professor of Classics, Columbia University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780190490980ISBN 10: 0190490985 Pages: 410 Publication Date: 12 May 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction I. Interiority and Cosmic Consciousness in the Natural Questions II. Seneca's Moralizing Interludes III. The Cataclysm and the Nile IV. The Rhetoric of Science V. Seneca on Winds VI. Earthquakes, Consolation, and the Senecan Sublime VII. Seneca on Comets and Ancient Cometary Theory VIII. Seneca on Lightning and Divination Epilogue Bibliography Index of Passages General Index Index of Latin Words Index of Greek WordsReviewsWilliams's exemplary, learned study of Natural Questions, Seneca's rarely read treatise on meteorology complements Harry Hine's translation of this work (2010)... Although the author offers a wealth of insight into Seneca's use of sources, Williams's acumen as a close reader carefully attuned to the rhetorical and literary dimensions of Natural Questions stands out. Highly recommended. CHOICE Sorting styles of reasoning, The Cosmic Viewpoint pilots through joined-up power-thinking from Rome's sharpest, pushiest, writer. Now we can read Seneca on the ecosphere: how-and-why we should try our damnedest to figure out how planet Earth works. J.G. Henderson, Cambridge University In this subtle and perceptive study, Gareth Williams shows how in the Natural Questions Seneca transformed the genre of meteorological writing in a highly creative way, offering a holistic Stoic vision of the cosmos, where in wrestling to understand the physical world we must also wrestle with our human nature. Harry Hine, University of St. Andrews Offers an extremely convincing articulation of [Naturales Quaestiones's] moral prefaces and interludes with the strictly technical sections of the book. Philosophy in Review Author InformationGareth D. Williams is Violin Family Professor of Classics at Columbia University. His most recent book, co-edited with Katharina Volk, is Roman Reflections. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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