Source edition
Aristotle. Aristotelis Quae Feruntur Problemata Physica. Ruelle, Charles, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1922.
Source data
Open Greek and Latin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cloned and adapted by Humanitext, with ongoing edits.
Summary
This work is an encyclopedic collection of problems and questions that seeks physical and physiological causes for various phenomena, spanning daily natural events, human physiology, animal and plant life, music, mathematics, and ethics. Comprising 38 books, it is structured around the form of "Why is it that...?" and proposes hypotheses based on Aristotelian natural philosophy and ancient medicine. The early section investigates bodily and pathological questions, such as the effects of weather on health, sweating, drunkenness, sex, fatigue, and the mechanisms of sensory organs. The middle section expands into mathematical and natural scientific fields, exploring geometry, mechanics, musical tuning, botany, waves, and meteorological phenomena like winds. The latter section turns to psychological and ethical topics, including emotions like fear and anger, the connection between melancholy (black bile) and genius, and microscopic bodily functions like touch and respiration. Rather than leading to a single systematic conclusion, the work presents a vast accumulation of inquiries, illustrating how ancient intellectuals sought to rationally comprehend the workings of the universe.
Contents
148 chunks
Cited by book.chapter
- §1.1-1.8
- §1.9-1.14
- §1.15-1.19
- §1.20-1.25
- §1.26-1.34
- §1.35-1.40
- §1.41-1.43
- §1.44-1.51
- §1.52-1.56
- §2.1-2.10
- §2.11-2.18
- §2.19-2.24
- §2.25-2.30
- §2.31-2.35
- §2.36-2.42
- §3.1-3.5
- §3.6-3.9
- §3.10-3.15
- §3.16-3.19
- §3.20-3.25a
- §3.26-3.28
- §3.29-3.35
- §4.1-4.5
- §4.6-4.12
- §4.13-4.15
- §4.16-4.24
- §4.25-4.26
- §4.27-4.32
- §5.1-5.7
- §5.8-5.13
- §5.14-5.18
- §5.19-5.24
- §5.25-5.32
- §5.33-5.37
- §5.38-5.42
- §6.1-6.7
- §7.1-7.5
- §7.6-7.9
- §8.1-8.9
- §8.10-8.17
- §8.18-8.22
- §9.1-9.5
- §9.6-9.14
- §10.1-10.9
- §10.10-10.15
- §10.16-10.22
- §10.23-10.27
- §10.28-10.35
- §10.36-10.42
- §10.43-10.45
- §10.46-10.52
- §10.53-10.54
- §10.55-10.61
- §10.62-10.67
- §11.1-11.6
- §11.7-11.13
- §11.14-11.18
- §11.19-11.23
- §11.24-11.28
- §11.29-11.33
- §11.34-11.41
- §11.42-11.49
- §11.50-11.57
- §11.58-11.62
- §12.1-12.4
- §12.5-12.13
- §13.1-13.5
- §13.6-13.12
- §14.1-14.8
- §14.9-14.16
- §15.1-15.4
- §15.5-15.6
- §15.7-15.9
- §15.10-15.13
- §16.1-16.4
- §16.5-16.7
- §16.8
- §16.9-16.13
- §17.1-17.3
- §18.1-18.5
- §18.6-18.10
- §19.1-19.11
- §19.12-19.19
- §19.20-19.27
- §19.28-19.36
- §19.37-19.40
- §19.41-19.43
- §19.44-19.50
- §20.1-20.8
- §20.9-20.12
- §20.13-20.17
- §20.18-20.22
- §20.23-20.30
- §20.31-20.36
- §21.1-21.9
- §21.10-21.13
- §21.14-21.18
- §21.19-21.26
- §22.1-22.7
- §22.8-22.14
- §23.1-23.5
- §23.6-23.11
- §23.12-23.19
- §23.20-23.28
- §23.29-23.34
- §23.35-23.41
- §24.1-24.9
- §24.10-24.19
- §25.1-25.7
- §25.8-25.12
- §25.13-25.22
- §26.1-26.7
- §26.8-26.12
- §26.13-26.21
- §26.22-26.28
- §26.29-26.32
- §26.33-26.37
- §26.38-26.46
- §26.47-26.51
- §26.52-26.55
- §26.56-26.62
- §27.1-27.5
- §27.6-27.11
- §28.1-28.8
- §29.1-29.12
- §29.13
- §29.14-29.16
- §30.1#1
- §30.1#2
- §30.1#3
- §30.2-30.5
- §30.6-30.10
- §30.11-30.14
- §31.1-31.7
- §31.8-31.16
- §31.17-31.22
- §31.23-31.29
- §32.1-32.6
- §32.7-32.13
- §33.1-33.7
- §33.8-33.14
- §33.15-33.18
- §34.1-34.7
- §34.8-34.12
- §35.1-35.10
- §36.1-36.3
- §37.1-37.6
- §38.1-38.11