Generation of Animals & History of Animals I, Parts of Animals I by Aristotle -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Front Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing Dedication Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction History of Animals

Book I

I 1 Parts of animals and how they differ; species and genera; differentiae of animals in accord with lives, actions, characters, and parts. I 2 Parts for nourishment and excretion. I 3 Parts for the emission of seed. I 4 Liquid in animals; blood and blood-vessel. I 5 Viviparous, oviparous, and larviparous animals; feet, fins, and wings. I 6 Genera of animals; simple species. I 7 Parts of the body: the cranium. I 8 Forehead and face. I 9 Eyebrows and eyes (1). I 10 Eyes (2). I 11 Ears, nose, tongue. I 12 Neck, chest, breasts, nipples. I 13 Abdomen and its parts. I 14 Other parts. I 15 Trunk and limbs; perceptual parts. I 16 Brain, windpipe, lungs, gullet, stomach. I 17 Heart and viscera.

Parts of Animals

Book I

I 1 The method of inquiry of natural science vs. theoretical science; necessity and final cause; natural science and the soul; varieties of necessity; essence and substance. I 2 Defining species by dichotomous division of the genus criticized (1). I 3 Defining species by dichotomous division of the genus criticized (2); the correct way to do it (1). I 4 The correct way to divide genera (2). I 5 Theology and astronomy vs. natural science; the method of inquiry of natural science again.

Generation of Animals

Book I

I 1 The focus of the treatise; male and female as starting-points. I 2 The sexes and sexual parts. I 3 Testes and uterus in different animals. I 4 Differences in the spermatic instruments in males (1). I 5 Differences in the spermatic instruments in males (2). I 6 Differences in the spermatic instruments in males (3). I 7 Differences in the spermatic instruments in males (4). I 8 The uterus; viviparous vs. oviparous; complete vs. incomplete eggs. I 9 Internally and externally viviparous animals. I 10 Internally oviparous and externally viviparous animals. I 11 More on the uterus and its placement. I 12 Placement of uterus and testes. I 13 Excretory and spermatic ducts in females and males. I 14 Crustacean copulation. I 15 Cephalopod copulation. I 16 Insect copulation; “spontaneous generation.” I 17 Do all animals emit seed? Pangenesis. I 18 Pangenesis criticized; what seed is; residue vs. colliquescence. I 19 Semen as a residue of nourishment and blood; menses as a residue. I 20 Menses as impure seed. I 21 How male seed is a cause of what comes to be. I 22 How the male contributes to generation. I 23 Plant reproduction.

Book II

II 1 Causes of sexual dimorphism; classification of animals in relation to generation; development of the embryo; preformationism vs. epigenesis. II 2 The nature of (male) seed. II 3 Male seed contributes movements alone, not matter, to the embryo; the inheritance of nutritive and perceptual soul and understanding; the role of pneuma; active vs. potential possession of soul. II 4 Generation of human beings and other complete animals; development and nutrition of the embryo (1). II 5 Why female needs male. II 6 Development of the embryo (2). II 7 Nutrition of the embryo (2); hybrids and sterility. II 8 Mules.

Book III

III 1 Birds (1): wind-eggs; yolk and white. III 2 Birds (2): shape of eggs; growth of eggs; incubation; umbilical cords. III 3 Fish (1): selachians. III 4 Fish (2): non-selachians. III 5 Fish (3): erroneous theories of mating. III 6 Erroneous theories of bird mating; the trochus and hyena. III 7 Fish mating; wind-eggs in birds. III 8 Cephalopods and crustaceans. III 9 Insects. III 10 Bees. III 11 Testaceans.

Book IV

IV 1 Causes of sex-differentiation in the embryo (1). IV 2 Causes of sex-differentiation in the embryo (2). IV 3 Heredity; monsters (1). IV 4 Monsters (2); uniparity vs. multiparity. IV 5 Superfetation. IV 6 Degrees of completeness in neonates. IV 7 Molar pregnancies. IV 8 Milk. IV 9 Why animals are born head first. IV 10 Periods of gestation.

Book V

V 1 Affections of animals and their parts due to final causes vs. due to efficient and material ones; embryos mostly asleep; color of eyes; keenness of sight. V 2 Keenness of smell and hearing. V 3 Hair (1). V 4 Hair (2). V 5 Hair (3). V 6 Color of animals. V 7 Voices of animals. V 8 Teeth of animals.

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