Parva Naturalia
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The Parva Naturalia are a collection of seven works by Aristotle
, which discuss natural phenomena involving the body and the soul:
Multiple treatises
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
, which discuss natural phenomena involving the body and the soul:
- Sense and Sensibilia (or De Sensu et Sensibilibus)
- On Memory (or De Memoria et Reminiscentia)
- On Sleep (or De Somno et Vigilia)
- On DreamsOn DreamsOn Dreams is one of the short treatises that make up Aristotle's Parva Naturalia.-External links:*, translated by J. I. Beare*HTML Greek text: ,...
(or De Insomniis) - On Divination in Sleep (or De Divinatione per Somnum)
- On Length and Shortness of Life (or De Longitudine et Brevitate Vitae)
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and RespirationOn Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and RespirationOn Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration is one of the short treatises that make up Aristotle's Parva Naturalia.-Place in the Parva Naturalia:...
(or De Juventute et Senectute, De Vita et Morte, De Respiratione)
Editions
All the Parva Naturalia- Aristote: Petits traités d'histoire naturelle (with French translation and brief notes), ed. René Mugnier, Collection BudéCollection BudéThe Collection Budé, or the Collection des Universités de France, is a series of books comprising the Greek and Latin classics up to the middle of the 6th century...
, 1953 - Aristotle: Parva Naturalia (with extensive commentary in English), ed. W. D. RossW. D. RossSir David Ross KBE was a Scottish philosopher, known for work in ethics. His best known work is The Right and the Good , and he is perhaps best known for developing a pluralist, deontological form of intuitionist ethics in response to G.E. Moore's intuitionism...
, Oxford, 1955 (repr. 2000, ISBN 0198141084) - Aristotelis Parva Naturalia Graece et Latine (with Latin translation and notes), ed. Paul Siwek, Rome: Desclée, 1963
Multiple treatises
- David Gallop, Aristotle on Sleep and Dreams: A Text and Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary. Petersborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1990, ISBN 0-921149-60-3 (On Sleep, On Dreams, and On Divination in Sleep)
External links
- Greek text: Parva Naturalia (Biehl's 1898 Teubner edition); HTML text from HODOI (with concordance) and Mikros apoplous (with Modern Greek translation and notes)
- Annotated French translation by Jules Barthélemy-Saint-HilaireJules Barthélemy-Saint-HilaireJules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire was a French philosopher, journalist, statesman, and possible illegitimate son of Napoleon I of France.- Biography :...