Source edition
Aristotle. Aristotelis De partibus animalium libri quattuor. Langkavel, Bernhard. Leipzig: Teubner, 1868.
Source data
Open Greek and Latin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Summary
Aristotle's Parts of Animals is a foundational work of natural science and philosophy that investigates the purpose and function of various bodily parts of animals based on a teleological view of nature. In Book 1, the author establishes his methodology, emphasizing that the formal (eidos) and final causes must take precedence over material necessity, while also criticizing the limitations of the dichotomous method of classification. From Books 2 to 4, the treatise systematically analyzes the bodily structure of animals, dividing them into uniform parts (such as blood, flesh, bone, and brain) and non-uniform parts (such as sensory organs, limbs, and internal organs). Aristotle conducts detailed comparative anatomical observations ranging from humans and red-blooded animals to bloodless animals like insects and mollusks. Ultimately, he demonstrates that the arrangement and shape of every organ are rationally designed by nature to serve the animal's life and activities, concluding with a transition to the study of reproduction.
Contents
84 chunks
Cited by book.chapter.section
- §1.1.1-1.1.5
- §1.1.6-1.1.10
- §1.1.11-1.1.16
- §1.1.17-1.1.20
- §1.1.21-1.1.25
- §1.2.1-1.2.2
- §1.3.1-1.3.5
- §1.3.6-1.3.10
- §1.4.1-1.4.4
- §1.5.1-1.5.5
- §1.5.6-1.5.9
- §2.1.1-2.1.4
- §2.1.5-2.1.9
- §2.2.1-2.2.5
- §2.2.6-2.2.9
- §2.2.10-2.2.15
- §2.3.1-2.3.3
- §2.3.4-2.3.7
- §2.4.1-2.4.5
- §2.5.1-2.5.4
- §2.6.1-2.6.5
- §2.7.1-2.7.5
- §2.7.6-2.7.11
- §2.8.1-2.8.6
- §2.9.1-2.9.6
- §2.9.7-2.9.14
- §2.10.1-2.10.6
- §2.10.7-2.10.11
- §2.11.1
- §2.12.1
- §2.13.1-2.13.7
- §2.14.1-2.14.5
- §2.15.1-2.15.2
- §2.16.1-2.16.6
- §2.16.7-2.16.12
- §2.17.1-2.17.7
- §2.17.8-2.17.12
- §3.1.1-3.1.6
- §3.1.7-3.1.13
- §3.2.1-3.2.6
- §3.2.7-3.2.12
- §3.3.1-3.3.6
- §3.3.7-3.3.11
- §3.4.1-3.4.6
- §3.4.7-3.4.13
- §3.4.14-3.4.22
- §3.5.1-3.5.6
- §3.5.7-3.5.13
- §3.6.1-3.6.7
- §3.7.1-3.7.6
- §3.7.7-3.7.13
- §3.8.1-3.8.2
- §3.9.1-3.9.6
- §3.9.7-3.9.13
- §3.10.1-3.10.10
- §3.11.1-3.11.2
- §3.12.1-3.12.4
- §3.14.1-3.14.7
- §3.14.8-3.14.14
- §3.14.15-3.14.21
- §3.15.1-3.15.3
- §4.1.1-4.1.6
- §4.2.1-4.2.13
- §4.3.1-4.3.5
- §4.4.1-4.4.5
- §4.5.1-4.5.7
- §4.5.8-4.5.14
- §4.5.15-4.5.23
- §4.5.24-4.5.29
- §4.5.30-4.5.37
- §4.5.38-4.5.46
- §4.6.1-4.6.7
- §4.6.8-4.6.13
- §4.7.1-4.7.4
- §4.8.1-4.8.9
- §4.9.1-4.9.6
- §4.9.7-4.9.12
- §4.10.32-4.10.39
- §4.10.40-4.10.46
- §4.11.1-4.11.7
- §4.11.8-4.11.13
- §4.13.1#1
- §4.13.1#2
- §4.13.1#3