The Cosmic Viewpoint - A Study of Seneca's 'natural Questions'

Zusatztext Williams'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. Informationen zum Autor Gareth D. Williams is Violin Family Professor of Classics at Columbia University. Klappentext This book examines the literary and philosophical qualities essential to Seneca's art of science in his Natural Questions. Seneca's meteorological theme raises our gaze from a terrestrial level to a higher, more intuitive plane - a conceptual climb by which Seneca promotes a change of perspective in his readership towards the cosmic viewpoint. Zusammenfassung This book examines the literary and philosophical qualities essential to Seneca's art of science in his Natural Questions. Seneca's meteorological theme raises our gaze from a terrestrial level to a higher, more intuitive plane - a conceptual climb by which Seneca promotes a change of perspective in his readership towards the cosmic viewpoint. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations 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

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• Authors: Gareth D Williams, Gareth D. Williams, Gareth D. (Violin Family Professor of Classics Williams
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780199731589
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973158-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History of Science, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form