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Aristotle's History of Animals / In Ten Books

Aristotle

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 352 pages

Aristotle's History of Animals is an ancient Greek treatise in ten books, a systematic study of animals based on observation and comparison. It discusses anatomy, behavior, and differences among species, often engaging with earlier writers. It is worth listening to as an early foundation of zoology and natural history.

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Inconsistencies in hyphenation and punctuation have not
been corrected. Punctuation and Greek text in the index
has been silently corrected. A list of other corrections
can be found at the end of the document.
ARISTOTLE'S
HISTORY OF ANIMALS.
IN TEN BOOKS.
TRANSLATED BY
RICHARD CRESSWELL, M.A.,
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1887.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, Limited,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

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Contents

  1. ARISTOTLE'S HISTORY OF ANIMALS.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. Analytical Table of Contents.
  4. BOOK THE FIRST.
  5. BOOK THE SECOND.
  6. BOOK THE THIRD.
  7. BOOK THE FOURTH.
  8. BOOK THE FIFTH.
  9. BOOK THE SIXTH.
  10. BOOK THE SEVENTH.
  11. BOOK THE EIGHTH.
  12. BOOK THE NINTH.
  13. BOOK THE TENTH.
  14. APPENDIX.
  15. INDEX.
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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