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Chapter 8 - The Ill Effect of South Winds on the Joints in the Human Body

Theophrastus, De ventis 56 and Pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata 1.24

from Part III - Towards the Mechanization of the Human Body

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

By
Robert Mayhew
Edited by
Maria Gerolemou  and
George Kazantzidis
Maria Gerolemou
Affiliation:
Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington
George Kazantzidis
Affiliation:
University of Patras, Greece
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Summary

The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate that Theophrastus, in De ventis 56, employs material principles to explain certain features of both living beings and inanimate things, and that the unknown author of Problemata physica 1.24, having been influenced by Theophrastus, uses these same principles but in a different way, treating the parts of certain artifacts as models of, or analogous to, parts of the human body. Special attention is given to both Theophrastus’ discussion of Notos, the south wind, and to De ventis 56–58, in which he deals explicitly with the effects of winds on the human condition. (A revised version of Mayhew’s edition of the text of De ventis 56, with a detailed apparatus criticus, is included in an appendix.)

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TheophrastusAristotle Problematawindjointsanalogyartifacts
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Body and Machine in Classical Antiquity , pp. 203 - 217
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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