Natural Questions, Volume II by Lucius Annaeus Seneca The Younger

Natural Questions, Volume II by Lucius Annaeus Seneca The Younger

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Seneca devotes most of Naturales Quaestiones to celestial phenomena. In Book 1 he discusses fires in the atmosphere; in 2, lightning and thunder; in 3, bodies of water. Seneca’s method is to survey the theories of major authorities on the subject at hand, so his work is a guide to Greek and Roman thinking about the heavens.

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Natural Questions, Volume II by Lucius Annaeus Seneca The Younger

Seneca (c. 4-65 CE) devotes most of Naturales Quaestiones to celestial phenomena. In Book 1 he discusses fires in the atmosphere; in 2, lightning and thunder; in 3, bodies of water. Seneca's method is to survey the theories of major authorities on the subject at hand, so his work is a guide to Greek and Roman thinking about the heavens.
Thomas Henry Corcoran was Professor of Classics at Tufts University.
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ISBN 13 9780674995031
ISBN 10 0674995031
Title Natural Questions, Volume II
Author Seneca
Series Loeb Classical Library
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1972-01-01
Number of pages 320
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