Nil nehri üzerine

Senaca, Naturales Quaestiones''m IV. kitabının ilk iki bölümünde, Nil'in yıllık taşmasıyla ilgili yapılmış ilmî saptamaları, Stoacı bir duyuşla inceler. Biz de bu çalışmamızda bu bölümlerin çevirisini, açıklayıcı notlarla birlikte sunacağız.

Naturales Quaestiones IV. cp. I-II

In the first two chapters in Naturales Quaestiones IV, Seneca treats by Stoic sense, scientific arguments on the Nile's overflowing. We present translation of these chapters with explanatory notes.

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