Answers to King Khosroes of Persia. (2016 copyright 2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Works.
• Further Information: Note: Priscian ; translated by Pamela Huby, Sten Ebbesen, David Langslow, Donald Russell, Carlos Steel and Malcolm Wilson.
• Authors: Priscian, active approximately 500-530
• Other Names: Huby, Pamela M translator.
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Abbreviations -- Conventions Introduction Richard Sorabji -- The Sixth Century Diffusion of Greek Neoplatonism -- Priscian and the Athenian Philosophers' Refuge with King Khosroes in Persia -- Khosroes' Interest in Greek Philosophy and Freedom of Discussion -- The Athenians' Move from Khosroes in Ctesiphon -- The Need for Retrotranslation Back to the Original Greek from the Surviving Latin Translation -- Who was Responsible for the Unintelligibilities in the Latin? -- The Contributors to Overcoming the Unintelligibilities of the Latin Translation -- Preface -- Chapter 1: About the Soul, and Especially the Human -- Chapter 2: On Sleep -- Chapter 3: On Dreams as a Source of Prophecy -- Chapter 4: Astronomy and Climate -- Chapter 5: On the Efficacy of Contrary Medical Prescriptions -- Chapter 6: The Tides -- Chapter 7: How Elemental Bodies get Displaced -- Chapter 8: How Location Affects the Character of Living Things -- Chapter 9: Why do Things in a Good Universe Harm Each Other? -- Chapter 10: Of What is the Wind Made and Where Does its Motion Come From? -- Notes Bibliography -- English-Latin Glossary -- Latin-English Index -- Latin-Greek Index -- Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Subjects: 186/.4; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical; PHILOSOPHY / General; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body; Philosophy -- General; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Philosophy -- Mind & Body; Philosophy of mind; Islamic philosophy -- Greek influences; Philosophy, Arab; Philosophy, Ancient -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy and science -- Miscellanea -- Early works to 1800
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472584144; 1472584147
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