''On Marvellous Things Heard'' ( grc-gre, Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων;
Latin
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: ''De mirabilibus auscultationibus'') is a collection of thematically arranged anecdotes traditionally attributed to
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ...
but written by a
Pseudo-Aristotle Pseudo-Aristotle is a general cognomen for authors of philosophical or medical treatises who attributed their work to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, or whose work was later attributed to him by others. Such falsely attributed works are known as ...
. The material included in the collection mainly deals with the natural world
[Thomas (2002:138).] (e.g., plants, animals, minerals, weather, geography). The work is an example of the
paradoxography Paradoxography is a genre of classical literature which deals with the occurrence of abnormal or inexplicable phenomena of the natural or human worlds.
Early surviving examples of the genre include:
* Palaephatus's ' ("On Incredible Things") ( 4th ...
literary genre.
According to the revised Oxford translation of ''The Complete Works of Aristotle'' this treatise's "spuriousness has never been seriously contested".
[Barnes (1995:VII).]
See also
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Corpus Aristotelicum
The Corpus Aristotelicum is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity through medieval manuscript transmission. These texts, as opposed to Aristotle's works that were lost or intentionally destroyed, are technical ph ...
*
Antigonus of Carystus Antigonus of Carystus (; grc, Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος; la, Antigonus Carystius), Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BCE. After some time spent at Athens and in travelling, he was summoned to the co ...
Notes
References
* Thomas, Rosalind (2002). ''Herodotus in context: ethnography, science and the art of persuasion''.
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Cambridge University Pr ...
,
* Jonathan Barnes (ed.) (
61995)''The Complete Works of Aristotle'', Volume 2,
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