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The Natural History - Volume 3
Pliny the Elder
Book Overview:
It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The scheme of his great work is vast and comprehensive, being nothing short of an encyclopedia of learning and of art so far as they are connected with nature or draw their materials from nature. The work divides neatly into the organic world of plants and animals, and the realm of inorganic matter, although there are frequent digressions in each section. He is especially interested in not just describing the occurrence of plants, animals and insects, but also their exploitation (or abuse) by man, especially Romans. The description of metals and minerals is particularly detailed, and valuable for the history of science as being the most extensive compilation still available from the ancient world. (Summary from Wikipedia)
This third volume includes books eleven to fifteen, covering the following subjects:
Book 11 - The various kinds of insects
Book 12 - The natural history of trees
Book 13 - The natural history of exotic trees and an account of unguents
Book 14 - The natural history of the fruit trees
Book 15 - The natural history of the fruit trees
It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The scheme of his great work is vast and comprehensive, being nothing short of an encyclopedia of learning and of art so far as they are connected with nature or draw their materials from nature. The work divides neatly into the organic world of plants and animals, and the realm of inorganic matter, although there are frequent digressions in each section. He is especially interested in not just describing the occurrence of plants, animals and insects, but also their exploitation (or abuse) by man, especially Romans. The description of metals and minerals is particularly detailed, and valuable for the history of science as being the most extensive compilation still available from the ancient world. (Summary from Wikipedia)
This third volume includes books eleven to fifteen, covering the following subjects:
Book 11 - The various kinds of insects
Book 12 - The natural history of trees
Book 13 - The natural history of exotic trees and an account of unguents
Book 14 - The natural history of the fruit trees
Book 15 - The natural history of the fruit trees
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Mehr als die anderen Schriftsteller seiner Epoche widmet sich Plinius d. Ä. der Erfahrung und damit allen Lebensbereichen, in denen nützliche Erfahrungen gemacht werden. So sammelte er Erfahrungswissen aus aller Welt, Wissen aus allen vier Himmelsrichtungen – angefangen bei den Berichten über die Ku
Boring at times, but this nobleman died trying to save victims of Vesuvius, so I felt obligated to hear him out.
Esta selección está organizada básicamente en dos partes: los libros VIII-XI comprenden una zoología de animales terrestres, acuáticos, voladores e insectos; los libros XXVIII-XXXII son la farmacopea del uso medicinal de los animales. La gran gracia de Plinio -que a muchos les parece su mayor defect
Ja obožavam da čitam ove stare spise. Ne može na bolji način da se dočara neko vreme dok se ne pročita neki savremenik. Najbolji nači da se oseti kako ljudi žive i razmišljaju. Svako poglavlje je dopunjeno odličnim komentarima i objašnjenjima prevodilaca za srpski jezik.