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History of Animals (Ancient Greek: Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Latin: Historia Animalium, "History of Animals") is one of the major texts on biology by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was written in sometime between the mid-fourth century BC and Aristotle's ...
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The treaty consists of four books whose authenticity has not been questioned, although its chronology is disputed. The consensus in placing it before the Generation of animals and perhaps later to History of animals. There are indications that Aristotle placed this book at the beginning of his biological works. [1]
Aristotle sets out to "discuss the parts which are useful to animals for their movement from place to place, and consider why each part is of the nature which it is, and why they possess them, and further the differences in the various parts of one and the same animal and in those of animals of different species compared with one another ...
Generation of Animals consists of five books, which are themselves split into varying numbers of chapters. Most editions of this work categorise it with Bekker numbers.In general, each book covers a range of related topics, however there is also a significant amount of overlap in the content of the books.
[3] [5] Against these ideas, Aristotle (384–322 BCE) argued that non-human animals had no interests of their own, ranking far below humans in the Great Chain of Being, or scala naturae, because of their alleged irrationality. [6] He was the first to attempt the creation of a taxonomical categorization and hierarchy of animals.
Corpus Aristotelicum table}} is a customizable list of the works by (or attributed to) Aristotle that are known collectively as the Corpus Aristotelicum. Full and partial renderings [ edit ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Works by Aristotle" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... History of Animals; M ...