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Plutarchea Hypomnemata A Perfect Medium?

oracular divination in the thought of plutarch

2017 || Hardcover || Elsa Giovanna Simonetti || Leuven University Press

An in-depth analysis of oracular divination in Plutarch's thought.

Oracular divination was of special concern for Plutarch of Chaeronea (45-120 AD), Platonic philosopher as well as priest at the oracle of Apollo in Delphi. The peculiar nature of Delphic divination as an (im)perfect intermediary between the material and the immaterial world is fathomed in a thorough study of Plutarch's Delphic dialogues. This in-depth philosophical-conceptual analysis will disclose an original interpretation o...

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Plutarchea Hypomnemata Plutarch’s science of natural problems

2016 || Hardcover || Michiel Meeusen || Leuven University Press

The role of natural science in the Roman Imperial Era.

In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakeably 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, and answers pertaining to ancient Greek physics, including problems related to the fields of zoology, botany, meteorology and their respective s...