| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 289 pages) : illustrations |
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Cambridge Critical Guides |
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Cambridge critical guides.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I -- The Unity and Structure of Aristotle's Generation of Animals: Chapter 1 -- "One Long Argument"? -- Chapter 2 -- Parts and Generation -- Chapter 3 -- Order and Method in Aristotle's Generation of Animals 2 -- Part II -- The Principles of Animal Generation Reconsidered: Chapter 4 -- What Is Aristotle's Generation of Animals About? -- Chapter 5 -- Aristotle on Epigenesis -- Chapter 6 -- A Latent Difficulty in Aristotle's Theory of Semen -- Chapter 7 -- Function and Instrument -- Part III -- Hybrids, Male and Female, Particular Forms, and Monsters: Chapter 8 -- Hybridity and Sterility in Aristotle's Generation of Animals -- Chapter 9 -- Females in Aristotle's Embryology -- Chapter 10 -- Something(s) in the Way(s) He Moves -- Chapter 11 -- Aristotle's Explanations of Monstrous Births and Deformities in Generation of Animals 4.4 -- Part IV -- Methodology in Aristotle's Generation of Animals: Chapter 12 -- The Search for Principles in Aristotle -- Chapter 13 -- Aristotle, Dissection, and Generation -- References -- General Index -- Index of Passages |
| Summary |
Historically and philosophically informed introduction to the embryological, zoological, and medical views presented in this sophisticated and challenging text |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aristotle. On the generation of animals.
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| SUBJECT |
On the generation of animals (Aristotle) fast |
| Subject |
Reproduction.
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Animals (Philosophy)
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Reproduction
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Animals (Philosophy)
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Reproduction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lefebvre, David, editor.
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Falcon, Andrea, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108585316 |
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1108585310 |
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9781316459386 |
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1316459381 |
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9781107589582 |
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1107589584 |
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