Cesare, Pompeo, l’elefante e la fortuna

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dc.contributor.author	Cattanei Elisabetta
dc.title	Cesare, Pompeo, l’elefante e la fortuna. Il volere umano tra natura, società e colpi della sorte nei libri 7-8 della Storia Naturale di Plinio il Vecchio
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dc.description.abstract	To obtain a complete description of the paradeigmata voluntatis, it is necessary to question natural science as well as philosophical and literary documents. Therefore, it becomes interesting to face Pliny the Elder, a contemporary of Seneca. Pliny’s attention is turned to man placed in a world where the will of destiny plays an explicit role, in a completely unpredictable game of alternation between positive and negative. A method of investigation is emerging that does not disdain to engage between science and myth, between empirical reality and dreams, between limits and protagonists seeking their overcoming, as in the case of Caesar and Pompey.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Supplements
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Ancient Philosophy
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-13
dc.dateAccepted	2021-11-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-04-26
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4/009
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-584-1
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Fortuna
dc.subject	Historia naturalis
dc.subject	Mens
dc.subject	Virtus
dc.subject	Voluntas

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Cesare, Pompeo, l’elefante e la fortuna

Il volere umano tra natura, società e colpi della sorte nei libri 7-8 della Storia Naturale di Plinio il Vecchio

Elisabetta Cattanei Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia

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To obtain a complete description of the paradeigmata voluntatis, it is necessary to question natural science as well as philosophical and literary documents. Therefore, it becomes interesting to face Pliny the Elder, a contemporary of Seneca. Pliny’s attention is turned to man placed in a world where the will of destiny plays an explicit role, in a completely unpredictable game of alternation between positive and negative. A method of investigation is emerging that does not disdain to engage between science and myth, between empirical reality and dreams, between limits and protagonists seeking their overcoming, as in the case of Caesar and Pompey.

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Dec. 13, 2021

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Keywords: Virtus • Fortuna • Mens • Voluntas • Historia naturalis

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