Słoń Pliniusza
Pliny the Elder on Elephants
Author(s): Tomasz SapotaSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Ancient World, Other Language Literature, Ancient Philosphy, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Roman literature; zoology; Pliny the Elder; elephants; stoicism
Summary/Abstract: As a point of departure, article presents the Stoic understanding of human-animal relationships: the Stoic philosophers presupposed human dominance over other creatures, which excluded the norms of justice as a means of limiting the human hegemony. On the basis of an excerpt from Pliny’s Natural History, which recounts a story of elephants, Tomasz Sapota examines the extent to which Pliny accepted this view of the Stoics.
Journal: ZOOPHILOLOGICA. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 1-12
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish