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From Biology to Linguistics: The Definition of Arthron in Aristotle's Poetics

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  1. Patrizia Laspia

    1. Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Problem

    • Patrizia Laspia
    Pages 1-36

  3. From Biology to Linguistics

    • Patrizia Laspia
    Pages 37-59

  4. Conclusions

    • Patrizia Laspia
    Pages 61-64

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 65-87
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About this book

This book attempts to solve Aristotle's definition of arthron in the XX chapter of the Poetics by seeing it in a new light. This definition has always been considered an unsolvable problem. Starting with a detailed analysis of the Greek text, and of the various attempts to emend the text in order to make sense of it, the book provides an analytical description of the critical literature, showing that the solutions proposed up to now need to be revised.

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

  • 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

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