On Things Heard
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On Things Heard is a work which was formerly attributed to Aristotle
, but is now generally believed to be the work of Strato of Lampsacus
. Our extant
version of On Things Heard is made up of long extracts included in Porphyry's
Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics, and is thus partial. The extracts are concerned with the nature of sound production.
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
, but is now generally believed to be the work of Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was a Peripatetic philosopher, and the third director of the Lyceum after the death of Theophrastus...
. Our extant
Extant literature
Extant literature refers to texts that have survived from the past to the present time. Extant literature can be divided into extant original manuscripts, copies of original manuscripts, quotations and paraphrases of passages of non-extant texts contained in other works, translations of non-extant...
version of On Things Heard is made up of long extracts included in Porphyry's
Porphyry (philosopher)
Porphyry of Tyre , Porphyrios, AD 234–c. 305) was a Neoplatonic philosopher who was born in Tyre. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of his teacher Plotinus. He also wrote many works himself on a wide variety of topics...
Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics, and is thus partial. The extracts are concerned with the nature of sound production.