Building on previous studies, this essay discusses the use of embryological images and analogies in Anaximander, Empedocles, Democritus, and Lucretius. It pursues their intertextual connections arguing that in ancient philosophy embryology was not only relevant for conceiving the early formation of the cosmos as has been claimed so far, but that it also shaped the conception of the primeval rise of animal life and the living processes of plants.
"Is the Embryo a Living Being? (Aet. 5.15)?": Embryology, Plants, and the Origin of Life in Presocratic Thought / C. Zatta. - In: MNEMOSYNE. - ISSN 0026-7074. - (2024). [Epub ahead of print]
"Is the Embryo a Living Being? (Aet. 5.15)?": Embryology, Plants, and the Origin of Life in Presocratic Thought
C. Zatta
2024
Abstract
Building on previous studies, this essay discusses the use of embryological images and analogies in Anaximander, Empedocles, Democritus, and Lucretius. It pursues their intertextual connections arguing that in ancient philosophy embryology was not only relevant for conceiving the early formation of the cosmos as has been claimed so far, but that it also shaped the conception of the primeval rise of animal life and the living processes of plants.
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