''On Things Heard'' (Greek Περὶ ἀκουστῶν; Latin ''De audibilibus'') is a work which was formerly attributed to
Aristotle
Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...
, but is now generally believed to be the work of
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus (; , – ) was a Peripatetic philosopher, and the third director ( scholarch) of the Lyceum after the death of Theophrastus. He devoted himself especially to the study of natural science, and increased the naturalistic eleme ...
. Our
extant
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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
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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 ...
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Works by Aristotle
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