Pliny's Encyclopedia

The Reception of the Natural History

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Aude Doody ISBN: 9780511739422
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: February 11, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Aude Doody
ISBN: 9780511739422
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: February 11, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

The Elder Pliny's Natural History is one of the largest and most extraordinary works to survive from antiquity. It has often been referred to as an encyclopedia, usually without full awareness of what such a characterisation implies. In this book, Dr Doody examines this concept and its applicability to the work, paying far more attention than ever before to the varying ways in which it has been read during the last two thousand years, especially by Francis Bacon and Denis Diderot. This book makes a major contribution not just to the study of the Elder Pliny but to our understanding of the cultural processes of ordering knowledge widespread in the Roman Empire and to the reception of classical literature and ideas.

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The Elder Pliny's Natural History is one of the largest and most extraordinary works to survive from antiquity. It has often been referred to as an encyclopedia, usually without full awareness of what such a characterisation implies. In this book, Dr Doody examines this concept and its applicability to the work, paying far more attention than ever before to the varying ways in which it has been read during the last two thousand years, especially by Francis Bacon and Denis Diderot. This book makes a major contribution not just to the study of the Elder Pliny but to our understanding of the cultural processes of ordering knowledge widespread in the Roman Empire and to the reception of classical literature and ideas.

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