Ancient Natural History: Histories of Nature
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Ancient Natural History surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature. The writings of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Strabo, Pliny are examined, as well as the popular beliefs of their contemporaries. Roger French finds that the same natural-historical material was used to serve the purposes of both the Greek philosopher and the Christian allegorist, or of a taxonomist like Theophrastus and a collector of curiosa like Pliny...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415115450
ISBN13:9780415115452
Release Date:October 1994
Publisher:Routledge
Length:380 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"
Related Subjects
Ancient Greece History Nature Nature & Ecology Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science & MathCustomer Reviews
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