Empiricism and Hearsay in Aristotle’s Zoological Collection of Facts

Leunissen, Mariska

doi:10.1017/9781108181792.005

The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology 2021

DOI: 10.1017/9781108181792.005

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Empiricism and Hearsay in Aristotle’s Zoological Collection of Facts

Mariska Leunissen¹

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Sacred Sneezes in Aristotle, Historia animalium I 11 and [Aristotle], Problemata physica XXXIII 7 & 9

Mayhew

2023

Erga-Logoi. Rivista Di Storia, Letteratura, Diritto E Culture Dell'antichità

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The aim of this essay is to shed light on three related Peripatetic texts that have received little scholarly attention: a passage in Aristotle’s Historia animalium I 11, on the nose, which mentions in passing that «sneezing […] is alone of breaths (πνευμάτων) a sign prophetic and sacred»; and, two chapters in pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata physica XXXIII, which ask and attempt to answer the question: why is sneezing (thought to be) sacred? An important issue distinguishing the latter from the former is the view that the head is the seat of reason.

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Sacred Sneezes in Aristotle, Historia animalium I 11 and [Aristotle], Problemata physica XXXIII 7 & 9

Mayhew

2023

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Empiricism and Hearsay in Aristotle’s Zoological Collection of Facts

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Sacred Sneezes in Aristotle, Historia animalium I 11 and [Aristotle], Problemata physica XXXIII 7 & 9

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