Plutarchs Three Treatises on Animals

"Man kann dem Verfasser nur zu dieser Ausgabe gratulieren, die neben einer flssig lesbaren bersetzung in wohltuender Knappheit und ansprechender Form alle wichtigen zoologischen und philosophischen Informationen aus Antike und Moderne in Bezug auf die Mensch-Tier-Beziehung przise auf den Punkt bringt und deshalb gewiss fr lange Zeit der Standardkommentar fr die wissenschaftliche Beschftigung mit diesen drei berhmten Traktaten Plutarchs unter dem Aspekt der Human-animal studies bleiben wird." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review [One can only congratulate the author on this edition, which, in addition to a fluently readable translation in a pleasantly concise and appealing form, brings all the important zoological and philosophical information from antiquity and the present in relation to human-animal relations precisely to the point. It will certainly remain the standard commentary for the scientific study of these three famous treatises by Plutarch from the point of view of human-animal studies for a long time.]

Stephen T. Newmyer is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA. He has published extensively on classical views on the intellectual and emotional dimensions of non-human animals, and is the author of Animals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics (Routledge, 2006), Animals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook (Routledge, 2011) and The Animal and the Human in Ancient and Modern Thought: The Man Alone of Animals Concept (Routledge, 2017).

Preface; Whether Land or Sea Animals Have More Intelligence, or On the Cleverness of Animals: De sollertia animalium; Introduction; Translation; Whether Beasts Are Rational, or Gryllus: Bruta animalia ratione uti; Introduction; Translation; On Eating Meat: De esu carnium; Introduction; Treatise I: Translation; Treatise II: Translation; Bibliography; Index