Plutarch's Moon

A New Approach to De facie quae in orbe lunae apparet

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In Plutarch’s Moon Luisa Lesage Gárriga offers a new approach on Plutarch’s views on cosmos, the afterlife and salvation, focusing on one of his most fascinating treatises. Dealing with the nature and function of the moon from multiple perspectives, this treatise offers a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge and religious-philosophical thought from the first centuries CE. Yet, up until now no single scholar has attempted an integral approach to its various and complementary perspectives, generally focusing on a specific aspect, as if they were unrelated. By means of this study, the author shows that De facie is a literary creation that reflects and conveys a coherent worldview, finally providing a solid and overarching understanding of the treatise.
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2023
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Luisa Lesage Gárriga, Ph.D. (2019), University of Groningen, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature at the University of Córdoba (Spain). She has published a number of articles on Plutarch, Textual Criticism and Late Antiquity religious and philosophical thought.
"Luisa Lesage has quite skillfully integrated philological analysis of this intricate dialogue with philosophical study of its content, resulting in an extraordinarily complete and profound commentary that makes its conclusions as clear as can be."
Soraya Planchas Gallarte in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2025.01.36
Abbreviations

1 Introduction
 1 Characters
 2 Date Of Composition
 3 Date and Location of the Dramatic Action
 4 Structure of the Treatise and Summary of Its Contents

2 Study of the Content
 1 Plutarch and His Context
 2 Nature of the Moon
 3 Habitability of the Moon
 4 Position of the Moon
 5 Conclusions

3 General Conclusions
 1 Date of Composition of De facie
 2 Date and Location of the Dramatic Action
 3 Structure of the Text
 4 Conceptual Framework of De facie
 5 Philosophical Purpose of De facie

Bibliography
Index Nominum et Locorum
Index of Ancient Sources
All interested in Ancient astronomy and the philosophical-religious thought of Late Antiquity, specially Eschatology and Soteriology, and anyone concerned with Plutarch Studies, and his work known as Moralia.
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