Michiel Meeusen is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London, Department of Classics.Luc Van der Stockt is Professor of Greek language and literature at the KU Leuven and Honorary President of the International Plutarch Society.

• ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Introducing Plutarch's Natural Philosophy MICHIEL MEEUSEN -; LUC VAN DER STOCKT I. Physics and MetaphysicsPlutarch on the Geometry of the Elements JAN OPSOMER 'Say Goodbye to Opinions!' Plutarch's Philosophy of Natural Phenomena and the Journey to Metaphysical Knowledge SUZAN SIERKSMA-AGTERES II. Physical Aetiology and ExegesisAre Women Colder or Hotter than Men? (Quaest. conv. 3,4) ANGELO CASANOVAPlutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus PAOLA VOLPE CACCIATOREThe Moon as Agent of Decay (Plut., Quaest. conv. 3,10; Macr., Sat. 7,16,15-;34) ALDO SETAIOLISome Notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales FABIO TANGAPlutarch Solving Natural Problems: For What Cause? (The Case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB) MICHIEL MEEUSENIII. Man's Place in the CosmosThe Light of the Moon: An Active Participant on the Battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel Lives LUISA LESAGE GàRRIGA The Power of Nature and Its Influence on Statesmen in the Work of Plutarch ANA FERREIRA Chasing Butterflies: The Conception of the Soul in Plutarch's Works ISRAEL MUà‘OZ GALLARTEPlutarch's Anthropology and Its Influence on His Cosmological Framework LAUTARO ROIG LANZILLOTTAIV. Compositional Technique and StyleFrom Chaos to Cosmos (and Back Again): Plato's Timaeus and the Composition of De animae procreatione and De facie in orbe lunae BRAM DEMULDER Plutarch and Transgressions of Nature: Stylistic Analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD AURELIO PÉREZ-JIMÉNEZPlutarch on Solon's Simplicity Concerning Natural Philosophy: Sol. 3,6-;7 and Frs. 9 and 12 West DELFIM FERREIRA LEàƒO Index Nominum et Rerum

To conclude, this is a volume that significantly advances our understanding of Plutarch as a natural philosopher and scientist, among other things, by doing justice to the different genres of Plutarchan writing that serve as platforms for enquiry into the mechanisms or laws of nature. Scholars and students alike will have much to gain from its contents. Katerina Oikonomopoulou, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 140, 283-284. doi:10.1017/S0075426920000543

Michiel Meeusen is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London, Department of Classics.Luc Van der Stockt is Professor of Greek language and literature at the KU Leuven and Honorary President of the International Plutarch Society.

• ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Introducing Plutarch's Natural Philosophy MICHIEL MEEUSEN -; LUC VAN DER STOCKT I. Physics and MetaphysicsPlutarch on the Geometry of the Elements JAN OPSOMER 'Say Goodbye to Opinions!' Plutarch's Philosophy of Natural Phenomena and the Journey to Metaphysical Knowledge SUZAN SIERKSMA-AGTERES II. Physical Aetiology and ExegesisAre Women Colder or Hotter than Men? (Quaest. conv. 3,4) ANGELO CASANOVAPlutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus PAOLA VOLPE CACCIATOREThe Moon as Agent of Decay (Plut., Quaest. conv. 3,10; Macr., Sat. 7,16,15-;34) ALDO SETAIOLISome Notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales FABIO TANGAPlutarch Solving Natural Problems: For What Cause? (The Case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB) MICHIEL MEEUSENIII. Man's Place in the CosmosThe Light of the Moon: An Active Participant on the Battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel Lives LUISA LESAGE GàRRIGA The Power of Nature and Its Influence on Statesmen in the Work of Plutarch ANA FERREIRA Chasing Butterflies: The Conception of the Soul in Plutarch's Works ISRAEL MUà‘OZ GALLARTEPlutarch's Anthropology and Its Influence on His Cosmological Framework LAUTARO ROIG LANZILLOTTAIV. Compositional Technique and StyleFrom Chaos to Cosmos (and Back Again): Plato's Timaeus and the Composition of De animae procreatione and De facie in orbe lunae BRAM DEMULDER Plutarch and Transgressions of Nature: Stylistic Analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD AURELIO PÉREZ-JIMÉNEZPlutarch on Solon's Simplicity Concerning Natural Philosophy: Sol. 3,6-;7 and Frs. 9 and 12 West DELFIM FERREIRA LEàƒO Index Nominum et Rerum

To conclude, this is a volume that significantly advances our understanding of Plutarch as a natural philosopher and scientist, among other things, by doing justice to the different genres of Plutarchan writing that serve as platforms for enquiry into the mechanisms or laws of nature. Scholars and students alike will have much to gain from its contents. Katerina Oikonomopoulou, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 140, 283-284. doi:10.1017/S0075426920000543

Michiel Meeusen is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London, Department of Classics.Luc Van der Stockt is Professor of Greek language and literature at the KU Leuven and Honorary President of the International Plutarch Society.

• ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Introducing Plutarch's Natural Philosophy MICHIEL MEEUSEN -; LUC VAN DER STOCKT I. Physics and MetaphysicsPlutarch on the Geometry of the Elements JAN OPSOMER 'Say Goodbye to Opinions!' Plutarch's Philosophy of Natural Phenomena and the Journey to Metaphysical Knowledge SUZAN SIERKSMA-AGTERES II. Physical Aetiology and ExegesisAre Women Colder or Hotter than Men? (Quaest. conv. 3,4) ANGELO CASANOVAPlutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus PAOLA VOLPE CACCIATOREThe Moon as Agent of Decay (Plut., Quaest. conv. 3,10; Macr., Sat. 7,16,15-;34) ALDO SETAIOLISome Notes on Plutarch's Quaestiones naturales FABIO TANGAPlutarch Solving Natural Problems: For What Cause? (The Case of Quaest. nat. 29,919AB) MICHIEL MEEUSENIII. Man's Place in the CosmosThe Light of the Moon: An Active Participant on the Battlefield in Plutarch's Parallel Lives LUISA LESAGE GàRRIGA The Power of Nature and Its Influence on Statesmen in the Work of Plutarch ANA FERREIRA Chasing Butterflies: The Conception of the Soul in Plutarch's Works ISRAEL MUà‘OZ GALLARTEPlutarch's Anthropology and Its Influence on His Cosmological Framework LAUTARO ROIG LANZILLOTTAIV. Compositional Technique and StyleFrom Chaos to Cosmos (and Back Again): Plato's Timaeus and the Composition of De animae procreatione and De facie in orbe lunae BRAM DEMULDER Plutarch and Transgressions of Nature: Stylistic Analysis of De facie in orbe lunae 926CD AURELIO PÉREZ-JIMÉNEZPlutarch on Solon's Simplicity Concerning Natural Philosophy: Sol. 3,6-;7 and Frs. 9 and 12 West DELFIM FERREIRA LEàƒO Index Nominum et Rerum

To conclude, this is a volume that significantly advances our understanding of Plutarch as a natural philosopher and scientist, among other things, by doing justice to the different genres of Plutarchan writing that serve as platforms for enquiry into the mechanisms or laws of nature. Scholars and students alike will have much to gain from its contents. Katerina Oikonomopoulou, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 140, 283-284. doi:10.1017/S0075426920000543