Historia e historis natyrore (shkurt)

Nga: Mehmet Metaj (25 Janar, 2015)

Historia dhe Kultura Greko-Romake - In memoriam
Ndonse arritjet e sotme jan trashgimi e historis dhe prvojs njerzore mijravjeare dhe
merit e disa popujve dhe rracave si t: asirianeve, persve, selxhukve, grekve dhe romakve,
ende meret si referenc edhe sot kultura greko-romake e lashtsis. Ndonse n kohn ton sot,
ku jetojm nj kohe post-historike dhe post-idealiste dhe aspak pacifiste, dhe kur e keqja e ka
gjunjzuar t mirn ku nderi dhe dinjiteti kan shum m pak vler...............Megjithat mbeten
prjetsisht ndriuese plejada e titanikve t mendjes njerzore t lashtsise greko-romake, q si
emblema t fuqise njerzore lan gjurm t paprsritshme n historin dhe veprat e tyre jan sot
instrumenta t zhvillimit t shoqris njerzore, poet, filozof, gojtar, dijetar, shpiks, ciceron,
astrolog, shkenctar, prijs, mite, mesi, tiran, mbretr etj. T gjith ne na kan mbetur n
kujtes emrat dhe bmat e skolarve dhe filozofve t lashtsis greko-romake e pasuar m
von nga taborri i armats evropiane dhe botrore.
Gaius ose Caius Plinius Sekundi, (AD 23 - 24 gusht AD 79), i njohur m mir si Pliny Plaku,
ishte nj autor i lasht, natyralist ose filozof natyral dhe komandant i marins dhe ushtarak e disa
rndsi q shkroi Historia Naturalis. Ai sht i njohur pr e tij duke thn se "lavdia e vrtet
konsiston n duke br at q meriton t jet e shkruar, me shkrim at q meriton t lexohet".
Autor i famshm. Ai prfundoi nj Historia e Times Tij n tridhjet e nj libra, ndoshta shtrir
nga mbretrimit t Neronit me at t Vespasian, dhe qllimisht i rezervuar at pr botim pas
vdekjes s tij. Ai sht cituar nga Taciti, dhe sht nj nga autoritetet e ndjekur nga Sutonit dhe
Plutarku.
Ai gjithashtu prfundoi praktikisht punn e tij t madhe, t Naturalis Historia, nj enciklopedi n
t ciln Plini grumbulluara shum me njohurin e kohs s tij.Puna ishte planifikuar nn
sundimin e Neronit. Materialet e mbledhura pr kt qllim t mbushur dhe jo m pak se 160
vllime, q Larcius Licinus, legatar pretoriane e Hispania Tarraconensis, e ofruar m kot pr t
bler ata pr nj ekuivalent shumn n m shum se 3200 (1911 vlera e parashikuar) ose
200.000 (2002 vlera e parashikuar ). Prve prek vogla prfunduar, puna n 37 libra u prfundua
n vitin 77. Plini i prkushtuar t punoj pr t perandorit Titus Flavius Vespasianus n 77.
Historia Natyrore.Vetm puna sht ruajtur i Plini-s sht i Historis Natyrore; mbijetesa e saj
sht pr shkak t natyrs s puns, duke mbuluar si ajo e bn pothuajse t gjith fushn e dijes
s lasht, t bazuar n autoritetet m t mir. Si rezultat ajo sht prdorur pr referenc gjat
shekujve n vijim nga ana e dijetarve t panumrta, sidomos n mjeksi, bimve dhe
produkteve bimore (p.sh., ver), bujqsis, arkitekturs, skulptur, gjeologjis dhe mineralogji.
- "Animal..is njerzor gjithashtu edhe veprat e Pliny the Elder .............
Historia e historis natyrore

Pr rrnjt e historis natyrore duhet t kthehemi tek Aristotelit dhe filozof t tjer t lasht q
t analizuara diversitetin e bots natyrore. Nga grekt e lasht deri punn e Carolus Lineus dhe
natyralistve t tjera t shekullit t 18, koncepti qendror i lidhur s bashku sferat e ndryshme t
historis natyrore ishte Scala naturae ose Zinxhiri i Madh i Qenies, i cili organizohet minerale,
perime, forma m primitive apo "m t ulta" e kafshve, dhe m e avancuar ose forma "m t
larta" t jets n nj shkall lineare t rritjes "prsosmri", duke kulminuar n species son.
Ndrsa historia e natyrshme ishte n thelb statik n Evrop mesjetare, ajo vazhdoi t lulzoj n
botn mesjetare arabe gjat Revolucionit Bujqsor Arabe. N zoologji, Xhahizit prshkruar idet
e hershme evolucionare t tilla si luftn pr ekzistenc. Ai gjithashtu paraqiti iden e nj zinxhiri
t ushqimit, dhe ishte nj prkrahs i hershm i determinizmit mjedisit. Al-Dinawari
konsiderohet themeluesi i arabe botanik pr librin e tij e bimve, n t ciln ai e prshkroi t
paktn 637 bim dhe diskutuan evolucionin e bimve nga lindja e saj deri n vdekje t tij, duke e
prshkruar fazat e rritjes s bimve dhe prodhimin e luleve dhe frutave. Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati
zhvilluar nj metod e hershme shkencore pr botanik, duke futur teknika empirike dhe
eksperimentale n testim, prshkrimin dhe identifikimin e shumta Medica materia, dhe duke
ndar raporte t paverifikuar nga ata mbshteten nga testet aktuale dhe vzhgimet. Studenti i tij
Ibn al-Baitar shkroi nj enciklopedi farmaceutike q prshkruan 1.400 bim, ushqime, dhe drog,
300 prej t cilave ishin zbulimet e veta e tij origjinale. Nj prkthim latinisht e puns s tij ishte i
dobishm pr biologt evropiane dhe farmacistt n shkencat 18 dhe 19 shekuj Toks tilla si
gjeologji gjithashtu jan studiuar gjersisht nga gjeolog arabe.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, (AD 23 August 24, AD 79), better known as Pliny the
Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military
commander of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia. He is known for his saying
"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be
read".
Famous author. He completed a History of His Times in thirty-one books, possibly extending
from the reign of Nero to that of Vespasian, and deliberately reserved it for publication after his
death. It is quoted by Tacitus, and is one of the authorities followed by Suetonius and Plutarch.
He also virtually completed his great work, the Naturalis Historia, an encyclopedia into which
Pliny collected much of the knowledge of his time. The work had been planned under the rule
of Nero. The materials collected for this purpose filled rather less than 160 volumes, which
Larcius Licinus, the praetorian legate of Hispania Tarraconensis, vainly offered to purchase them
for a sum equivalent to more than 3,200 (1911 estimated value) or 200,000 (2002 estimated
value). Aside from minor finishing touches, the work in 37 books was completed in AD 77.
Pliny dedicated the work to the emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus in 77.

The Natural History. The only extant work of Pliny's is the Natural History; its survival is due
to the very nature of the work, covering as it does almost the entire field of ancient knowledge,
based on the best authorities. As a result it was used for reference over the following centuries by
countless scholars, especially in medicine, plants and plant products (e.g., wine), agriculture,
architecture, sculpture, geology and mineralogy.
- The human Animal..is also another works of Pliny the Elder.
History of natural history
The roots of natural history go back to Aristotle and other ancient philosophers who analyzed
the diversity of the natural world. From the ancient Greeks until the work of Carolus Linnaeus
and other 18th century naturalists, the central concept tying together the various domains of
natural history was the scala naturae or Great Chain of Being, which arranged minerals,
vegetables, more primitive or "lower" forms of animals, and more advanced or "higher" life
forms on a linear scale of increasing "perfection", culminating in our species.
While natural history was basically static in medieval Europe, it continued to flourish in the
medieval Arabic world during the Arab Agricultural Revolution. In zoology, Al-Jahiz described
early evolutionary ideas such as the struggle for existence. He also introduced the idea of a food
chain, and was an early adherent of environmental determinism. Al-Dinawari is considered the
founder of Arabic botany for his Book of Plants, in which he described at least 637 plants and
discussed plant evolution from its birth to its death, describing the phases of plant growth and the
production of flowers and fruit. Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati developed an early scientific method for
botany, introducing empirical and experimental techniques in the testing, description and
identification of numerous materia medica, and separating unverified reports from those
supported by actual tests and observations. His student Ibn al-Baitar wrote a pharmaceutical
encyclopedia describing 1,400 plants, foods, and drugs, 300 of which were his own original
discoveries. A Latin translation of his work was useful to European biologists and pharmacists in
the 18th and 19th centuries Earth sciences such as geology were also studied extensively by
Arabic geologists.