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''On Things Heard'' (Greek Περὶ ἀκουστῶν; Latin ''De audibilibus'') is a work which was formerly 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 ph ...
, but is now generally believed to be the work of
Strato of Lampsacus Strato of Lampsacus (; grc-gre, Στράτων ὁ Λαμψακηνός, Strátōn ho Lampsakēnós, – ) was a Peripatetic philosopher, and the third director (scholarch) of the Lyceum after the death of Theophrastus. He devoted himself especia ...
. Our extant version of ''On Things Heard'' is made up of long extracts included in Porphyry's ''Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics'', and is thus partial. The extracts are concerned with the nature of sound production.


See also

* Corpus Aristotelicum


References

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External links

* Works by Aristotle {{Philo-book-stub