The Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science (Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities)

This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals. The chapters in this volume explore the Mirabilia, or De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On Marvelous Things Heard), and its engagement with the natural sciences. The first two chapters deliver an introduction to this work: one a discussion of the history of the text and the other a discussion of Aristotelian epistemology and methodology, and the role of the Mirabilia in that context. This is followed by eight chapters that, together, are effectively a commentary on those sections of the Mirabilia with close connections to Aristotle’s Historia animalium and to a number of Theophrastus’ scientific treatises. Finally, the volume ends with two chapters on thematic topics connected to natural science running throughout the work, namely color and disease. The Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science should prove invaluable to scholars and students interested in the ancient Greek study of nature, ancient philosophy, and Aristotelian science in particular. This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of Tables 8 Preface 10 List of Contributors 12 Introduction 14 1 The Text of De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus: Observations on Its Structure and Transmission 24 2 Mapping Human Knowledge in Peripatetic Research: Thaumata, Endoxa and the Hierarchy of Beliefs 39 3 Encounters with Curious Animals: De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1–15 and Historia Animalium 8(9) 59 4 De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 16–22 and Theophrastus’ Lost On Honey 80 5 De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 23–28 and Theophrastus’ Lost On Animals That Appear in Swarms 99 6 Miracula Ignium: Theophrastus’ On the Lava Flow in Sicily, De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 33–41, and Pliny’s Historia Naturalis 2.236–238 125 7 The Lives of Metals in Theophrastus and De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 152 8 De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 71–74 and Theophrastus’ De Piscibus 181 9 Multiple Use of Data in Aristotle, the Peripatos, and Beyond: De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 75–77 and Theophrastus’ Lost On Animals Said to be Grudging 207 10 De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 139–151: Theophrastus’ On Animals That Bite and Sting and Aristotle’s Nomima Barbarica 235 11 Color Changes in De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 278 12 Diseases in De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 301 Index Locorum 336 Index Nominum 346 Index Animalium et Plantarum 350 Index Rerum 354 Pseudo-Aristotle;,greek,philosophy;,Theophrastus,On,Honey;,Theophrastus,On,the,Lava,Flow,in,Sicily;,Theophrastus,On,Creatures,that,Bite,and,Sting;,De,mirabilibus,auscultationibus;,peripatetics;,De,piscibus;,colour,change,and,ancient,philosophy;,Mirabilia;,ancient,science;,aristotle;,peripatetic,philosophy;,Endoxa;,Theophrastus,On,Animals,that,Appear,in,Swarms;,Theophrastus,On,Animals,Said,to,be,Grudging;,aristotle,Nomima,Barbarica;,ancient,natural,science;,ancient,philosophy;,theophrastus;,Historia,Animalium;,Pliny,Historia,naturalis;,disease,and,ancient,philosophy;,disease,and,ancient,science Pseudo-Aristotle,greek philosophy,Theophrastus On Honey,Theophrastus On the Lava Flow in Sicily,Theophrastus On Creatures that Bite and Sting,De mirabilibus auscultationibus,peripatetics,De piscibus,colour change and ancient philosophy,Mirabilia,ancient science,aristotle,peripatetic philosophy,Endoxa,Theophrastus On Animals that Appear in Swarms,Theophrastus On Animals Said to be Grudging,aristotle Nomima Barbarica,ancient natural science,ancient philosophy,theophrastus,Historia Animalium,Pliny Historia naturalis,disease and ancient philosophy,disease and ancient science