Peri Physeos

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ancient Greek philosophical work cosmological treatise literary genre label scientific treatise title

Peri Physeos is the Greek title traditionally given to a range of ancient philosophical and scientific treatises that explore the fundamental nature and principles of the cosmos.

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Label	Occurrences
Peri Physeos canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosophical work ⓘ cosmological treatise ⓘ literary genre label ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ title ⓘ
aim	to explain the fundamental nature of reality ⓘ to provide rational accounts of natural phenomena ⓘ
associatedConcept	archē (first principle) ⓘ logos ⓘ physis ⓘ
category	ancient Greek cosmological literature ⓘ titles of philosophical works ⓘ
field	ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ history of science ⓘ presocratic philosophy ⓘ
genre	didactic poetry ⓘ prose treatise ⓘ
influenced	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ ancient scientific thought ⓘ later Greek philosophy ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
period	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	being and non‑being ⓘ change and permanence ⓘ constitution of matter ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ elements of nature ⓘ laws of nature ⓘ origin of the cosmos ⓘ
subject	cosmology ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ nature of the cosmos ⓘ principles of nature ⓘ
titleInGreek	Περὶ φύσεως ⓘ
tradition	Presocratic natural philosophy ⓘ
translation	On Nature ⓘ
typicalForm	continuous argumentative exposition ⓘ
usedAsTitleForWorksBy	Anaximander ⓘ Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ surface form: Anaximenes Archelaus ⓘ Democritus ⓘ Diogenes of Apollonia ⓘ Empedocles ⓘ Heraclitus ⓘ Leucippus ⓘ Melissus of Samos ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ

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On Nature → titleInGreek → Peri Physeos ⓘ

poem "On Nature" → alsoKnownAs → Peri Physeos ⓘ

subject surface form: On Nature