The cosmic viewpoint: a study of Seneca's natural questions
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 392 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780199731589 |
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PREFAEE
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
VII XIII
1. INTERIORITY AND COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE NATURAL QUESTIONS 17
I. SENECA STOTALIZING WORLDVIEW 17
II. THE SENECAN WORLDVIEW DEFINED BY CONTRAST WITH CICERO 21
III. INTERIORIZATION IN THE PREFACE TO BOOK 3 29 IV. THE DIFFERING WORLD
OUCLOOKS OF SENECA AND PLINY 37
V. THE NATURAL QUESTIONS IN SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT 48
2. SENECAS MORALIZING INTERLUDES 54
I. THE PROBLEM 54
II. HOSTIUS ~ADRA AS THE ANTI-SAPIENS 55 III. THE UNIFIED WORLD AS DRAWN
IN BOOKS LAND LL-II 60
IV. HOSTIUS ~ADRA AND SENECAS INTERLOCUTOR IN BOOK I 67
V. OFSUBTERRANEAN FISH AND DEGENERATE DINERS IN 3.17-18 75
VI. FURTHER TRANSGRESSIONS IN 5.15AND 7.31-32 80 VII. THE TEXTUAL
CONTAINMENT OFVICE 87
3. THE CATACLYSM AND THE NILE 93
I. INTRODUCTION 93 11. THE VICE OFFLATTERY 95 III. LUCILIUS IN THE
PREFACE 102
IV. THE CATACLYSM OF 3.27-30 IIO V. INTO EGYPT II6
VI. THE NILE, THE CATACLYSM AND OVID 124
VII. THE MISSING LINK, AND OTHER THEORIES OF THE NILE FLOOD 132
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X CONTENTS
4 THE RHETORIC OF SCIENCE 136
I. INTRODUCTION 136 11. 4B.13 IN CONTEXT 137 11I. THE RHETORIC OF
SCIENCE 144 IV. STRATEGIES OF ARGUMENT IN 4B.3-7 149
A. RELIANCE ON INFL.UENTIALAUTHORITY ISO B. ARGUMENT BY ANALOGY IS3 C.
ARGUMENT BY BOLD INFERENCE ISS D. COMPETING ARGUMENTS IS7
E. SUPERSTITION IN CONTENTION WITH REASON 160 V. THE BETTER ARGUMENT 162
VI. BOOK 4B IN CONTEXT 168
S SENECA ON WINDS 171
I. INTRODUCTION 171 11. PRE-STOIC AND STOIC THEORIES OFWIND 174 11I.
SENECAS TYPOLOGY OFWINDS 183 IV. MAPPING THE WINDS 193
A. THE CARDINAL WINDS IN OVID 193 B. THE VARRONIAN COMPASS CARD 19S C.
THE TWELVE SECTORS 200 D. LOCAL WINDS 200 V. WIND DIRECTION, HUMAN
MISDIRECTION 202
VI. THE ROMAN DIMENSION 209
6. EARTHQUAKES, CONSOLATION AND THE SENECAN SUBLIME 213
I. INTRODUCTION 213 11. CONSOLATORY AMPLIFICATION BEFORE REDUCTION 21S
11I. SUBLIME SUPERIORITY OVER NATURE 219 IV. THE TWO VERSE ~OTATIONS AT
6.2.1-3 AND 6.2.9 226
V. CONTROLLING NATURE IN THE SENECAN INVENTORY (6 4-26) 230 A. TAKING
STOCK OFEARLIER SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION 231 B. FROM SIGHT TO INSIGHT
232 C. FROM ANALOGICAL INFERENCE TO ABSTRACT SPECULATION 237 D. THE
LIVING COSMOS 241
E. ELEMENTAL INTERCHANGEABILITY REVISITED 246 F. THE NORMALIZATION
OFSEISMIC EXPERIENCE 247
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VI. THE TOTUM IN BOOK 6 251 VII. THE CARNPANIAN EARTHQUAKE IN
PERSPECTIVE 255
7. SENECA ON CORNETS AND ANCIENT CORNETARY THEORY 258
I. INTRODUCTION 258
11. SENECA ON PROGRESS, ON HOSTIUS ~ADRA AND ON NATURE S
MYSTERIES 263
111. SUB- AND SUPRALUNARY INTERPRETATION OFCORNETS 273
IV. THE WHIRLWIND THEORY 278
V. THE OPTICAL ILLUSION THEORY 281
VI. THE PLANETARY THEORY 286
VII. THE SENECAN THEORY 289
8. SENECA ON LIGHTNING AND DIVINATION 295
I. INTRODUCTION 295
11. COORDINATION BETWEEN 2.12-30 AND 2.54-58 299
III. THE TOTALIZING WORLDVIEW: STRATEGIES OFUNIFICATION
IN 2.1, 2.12-30 AND 2.54-58 303
A. 2.1-11 304
B. 2.12-30 AND 2.54-58 306
C. 2.32-51 312
IV. SENECA ON DIVINATION IN 2.32-51 314
A. RECONCILING PRAYER AND EXPIATION WITH A DETERRNINISTIC
VIEW OFFATE (2.35-38) 319
B. THE SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OFLIGHTNING (2.39-40) 324
C. SENECA S RATIONALIZATION OFETRUSCAN BELIEF(2.42-46) 328
D. CAECINA AND ATTALUS (2.48.2-50) 330 I V. TAKING STOCK 332
EPILOGUE 335
BIBLIOGRAPHY 34 1
INDEX OFPASSAGES 371
GENERALINDEX 380
INDEX OFLATIN WORDS 391
INDEX OFGREEK WORDS 393
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