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Meteorology, On the Universe & On Breath

Public domain audiobook

Meteorology, On the Universe & On Breath

by Aristotle

English· 07:22:42· 21 chapters
Meteorology (Greek: Μετεωρολογικά; Latin: Meteorologica or Meteora) by Aristotle

Translated by Erwin Wentworth Webster before he fell in action in 1917.

Book I: The Celestial Sphere, Stars & Precipitation

Book II: Seas, Winds & Earthquakes

Book III: Halos, Rainbows & Mock Suns

Book IV: The Elements & Secondary Qualities



On the Universe (Greek: Περὶ Κόσμου; Latin: De mundo) is attributed to Aristotle but may have been written by Posidonius the Stoic or someone well acquainted with his work. Two candidates for the Alexander addressed in the text are Alexander the Great and Tiberius Claudius Alexander, nephew of Philo Judaeus and Procurator of Judaea, and in A.D. 67 Prefect of Egypt. The text describes a geocentric universe and theorizes that other continents must exist beyond the Atlantic. Translated by Edward Seymour Forster.



On Breath (Greek: Περὶ πνεύματος; Latin: De spiritu) is attributed to Aristotle but may have been written by
Theophrastus, Strato of Lampsacus or Erasistratus. The author rejects Aristogenes' theory that air is digested in the lungs through a form of transit and contact. Translated by John Frederic Dobson.



(Summary Adapted from Wikipedia and the Text by Geoffrey Edwards)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Meteorology Book I 1-3 (338a)

    18:15
  2. Chapter 2

    Meteorology Book I 4-7 (341b)

    22:51
  3. Chapter 3

    Meteorology Book I 8-12 (345a)

    25:52
  4. Chapter 4

    Meteorology Book I 13-14 (349a)

    27:43
  5. Chapter 5

    Meteorology Book II 1-2 (353a)

    19:15
  6. Chapter 6

    Meteorology Book II 3 (356b)

    21:09
  7. Chapter 7

    Meteorology Book II 4-5 (359b)

    21:53
  8. Chapter 8

    Meteorology Book II 6 (363a)

    11:45
  9. Chapter 9

    Meteorology Book II 7-9 (365a)

    29:44
  10. Chapter 10

    Meteorology Book III 1-2 (370b)

    12:54
  11. Chapter 11

    Meteorology Book III 3-4 (372b)

    18:29
  12. Chapter 12

    Meteorology Book III 5-6 (375b)

    19:12
  13. Chapter 13

    Meteorology Book IV 1-3 (378b)

    21:25
  14. Chapter 14

    Meteorology Book IV 4-7 (381b)

    20:08
  15. Chapter 15

    Meteorology Book IV 8-9 (384b)

    23:02
  16. Chapter 16

    Meteorology Book IV 10-12 (388a)

    18:04
  17. Chapter 17

    On the Universe 1-3 (391a)

    18:13
  18. Chapter 18

    On the Universe 4-5 (394a)

    23:11
  19. Chapter 19

    On the Universe 6-7 (397b)

    27:42
  20. Chapter 20

    On Breath 1-4 (481a)

    17:42
  21. Chapter 21

    On Breath 5-9 (483a)

    24:13