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Uniform Title: Historia animalium. English
Title:
Aristotle's History of Animals
In Ten Books
Note: Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Aristotle's History of Animals" by Aristotle is a scientific publication written in the late 4th century BC. The work serves as one of the earliest comprehensive surveys of zoology, analyzing and categorizing various animal species based on their anatomy, behaviors, and habitats. It combines observations with the knowledge inherited from previous naturalists to create a foundational text in the history of biological sciences. The opening of "Aristotle's History of Animals" sets the stage for a detailed examination of the animal kingdom. Aristotle begins by classifying animal parts into simple and compound components, continuing with a discussion on the similarities and differences among various species based on their physical attributes and lifestyles. He lays out an extensive framework for understanding animals, including their modes of life—aquatic versus terrestrial—and anatomical structures, using comparative anatomy to illustrate his points. This introduction effectively establishes the categories and criteria Aristotle will use throughout the work to structure his exploration of the biological world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Aristotle, 385 BCE-323 BCE
Contributor: Schneider, Johann Gottlob, 1750-1822
Translator: Cresswell, Richard
EBook No.: 59058
Published: Mar 14, 2019
Downloads: 1658
Language: English
Subject: Zoology -- Pre-Linnaean works
LoCC: Science: Zoology
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Uniform Title: Historia animalium. English
Title:
Aristotle's History of Animals
In Ten Books
Note: Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary: "Aristotle's History of Animals" by Aristotle is a scientific publication written in the late 4th century BC. The work serves as one of the earliest comprehensive surveys of zoology, analyzing and categorizing various animal species based on their anatomy, behaviors, and habitats. It combines observations with the knowledge inherited from previous naturalists to create a foundational text in the history of biological sciences. The opening of "Aristotle's History of Animals" sets the stage for a detailed examination of the animal kingdom. Aristotle begins by classifying animal parts into simple and compound components, continuing with a discussion on the similarities and differences among various species based on their physical attributes and lifestyles. He lays out an extensive framework for understanding animals, including their modes of life—aquatic versus terrestrial—and anatomical structures, using comparative anatomy to illustrate his points. This introduction effectively establishes the categories and criteria Aristotle will use throughout the work to structure his exploration of the biological world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Aristotle, 385 BCE-323 BCE
Contributor: Schneider, Johann Gottlob, 1750-1822
Translator: Cresswell, Richard
EBook No.: 59058
Published: Mar 14, 2019
Downloads: 1658
Language: English
Subject: Zoology -- Pre-Linnaean works
LoCC: Science: Zoology
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.