Over the world

About the world (ancient Greek: Περὶ Κόσμου, Latin: De Mundo) is a pseudo-Aristotelian work on the nature of our world, writtenunder the name Aristotle , but most likely by another author. The time at which the work was written cannot be determined more precisely; What is certain is that it was written after the time of Aristotle (until 322 BC) and before the first reference in traditional writings (around 150 AD by Maximus of Tire ). Some of the elements that did not match Aristotle wereascribed to Poseidonios' worldview.

In the course of history, the work was first translated by Apuleius into Latin , then into Syrian , and subsequently into Arabic several times .

The text itself begins with the words "Often times, dear Alexander, philosophy appeared to me to be something divine", indicating Alexander the Great as the recipient of the script. What follows is a description of the world that largely corresponds to that of Aristotle and includes topics such as cosmology, meteorology, material science, order of the world and also the praise of God.

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• Aristotle: About the world . Translated and commented by Otto Schönberger , Reclam, Stuttgart 1991.
• Aristotle / Apuleius : About the world (peri kosmou / de mundo). Greek-Latin-German by Kai Brodersen . Tusculum Collection. De Gruyter, Berlin 2019. ISBN 978-3-11-062768-8