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- Proposes a new textual solution for the definition of arthron in the Poetics
- Reconsiders exhaustively the text of chapter XX of the Poetics and its related literature
- Provides an analytical comparison of Aristotle's definitions of arthron both from linguistics and biology, showing their similarity
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The possible solution is found in viewing the XX chapter of the Poetics not as a classification of parts of speech, as it was usually supposed, but by considering the biological definitions of arthron in Aristotle's corpus. This leads to the conclusion that, in linguistics as well as in biology, arthron is a "joint". In this light, the book offers a new textual conjecture for the first example of arthron in the Poetics.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Patrizia Laspia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Biology to Linguistics: The Definition of Arthron in Aristotle's Poetics
Authors: Patrizia Laspia
Series Title: UNIPA Springer Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77326-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77325-4Published: 13 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08428-8Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77326-1Published: 03 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2366-7516
Series E-ISSN: 2366-7524
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 87
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philology, History of Philosophy, Greek, Classical Studies