Article ID: CBB680322766

La mirabile fusione fredda del piombo da Teofrasto a Plutarco. Un riesame critico della questione (2020)

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This article presents an overview of the interpretative issues raised by three passages in the ancient naturalist literature: Theophrastus, Ign. 17; Pseudo-Aristotle, Mir. ausc. 50; Plutarch, Frig. 11 949C. These loci have already been connected by various interpreters due to their similarities and possibility of a common tradition. They all inform on an anomalous kind of lead or tin liquefaction that was allegedly observed to occur in very cold climates, possibly with the involvement of water; a phenomenon which is regarded, now as then, to be chemically implausible or at least surprising. After a re-examination of the parallels between the three passages and a discussion of the already proposed interpretations – with a focus on those which refer to “tin pest” and to the ancient lexical overlap, present in multiple languages, between tin and lead –, a new interpretative track is here proposed. This gives more relevance to water’s role in the phenomenon, which is central in the crucial parallel passage in Plutarch, QConv. VI 5 690F-691B.

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Authors & Contributors
Byrne, Christopher
Christos Panayides
Petrucci, Federico Maria
Michael James Griffin
Lewis, Eric
Younesie, Mostafa
Concepts
Matter theory
Philosophy
Physics
Form (philosophy)
Philosophy of science
Metaphysics
Time Periods
Ancient
Renaissance
Medieval
16th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
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