''Problems'' (; ) is an
Aristotelian or possibly
pseudo-Aristotelian collection of questions about the world and answers to them. The collection, gradually assembled by the
peripatetic school, reached its final form anywhere between the third century BC and the 6th century AD. The work is divided by topic into 38 sections, and the whole contains almost 900 problems.
Later writers to compose question-and-answer works in imitation of ''Problems'' include
Plutarch
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,
Alexander of Aphrodisias, and
Cassius Iatrosophista.
[ Ann M. Blair, "The ''Problemata'' as a Natural Philosophical Genre," in Anthony Grafton and Nancy Siraisi, eds., ''Natural Particulars: Nature and the Disciplines in Renaissance Europe'', p]
173
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and Renaissance
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commentators of Aristotle's ''Problemata'' include Pietro d'Abano (whose ''Expositio'' of 1310 was reprinted in a number of early editions), Giulio Guastavini and Ludovico Settala.
See also
*Corpus Aristotelicum
The works of Aristotle, sometimes referred to by modern scholars with the Latin phrase ''Corpus Aristotelicum'', is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity.
According to a distinction that originates with Aristotle ...
Notes
External links
* E. S. Forster, translator (1927
''Problemata'', volume VII ''Works of Aristotle''
via Internet Archive
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Works by Aristotle
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