Ancient Natural History: Histories of Nature

by Roger French

Book Overview

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"