Aristotle’s ›Generation of Animals‹: A Comprehensive Approach

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Aristotle’s ›Generation of Animals‹

A Comprehensive Approach

Edited by: Sabine Föllinger

Volume 43 in the series Philosophie der Antike

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110762013

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About this book

Aristotle’s work "On Generation of Animals" is fascinating. By integrating empirical facts into contexts of justification and by explaining reproduction in the framework of his general theory Aristotle wrote a biological ‘masterpiece’. At the same time it raises many issues because due to the difficulty of the subject under investigation (for example, the egg-cell had not yet been discovered) the theory is complex and often speculative.

The contributions in this volume resulting from a conference held in Marburg in 2018 study the challenging writing from various perspectives. They examine the structure of the work, the method and the manner of writing, its relation to other writings, and its scientific context. By investigating the underlying philosophical concepts and their relation to the empirical research offered in "On Generation of Animals" the contributions also try to solve puzzles which Aristotle’s explanation of the role of male and female offers as well as his idea of embryogenesis. An outlook for the history of reception rounds off the volume.

Author / Editor information

Sabine Föllinger, University of Marburg, Germany.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Sabine Föllinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Content, Structure and Method
Aristotle’s GA and the Hippocratic Discourse on Generation Christoph Hammann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Connections not so obvious: the Historia animalium and De generatione animalium on generation James G. Lennox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Aristotle’s Generation of Animals V as a Coda Klaus Corcilius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
The Way of Gaining Knowledge: Argumentation and Literary Presentation in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals Sabine Föllinger and Thomas Busch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Aristotle’s Methods for Establishing the Facts Concerning the Female Menses in GA I 19–22 Mariska Leunissen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Analogy in De generatione animalium: its place in explanation Kurt Sier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
II. The Role of (Female) Matter and the Embryogenesis
Hybrids in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals Sophia Connell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Material Persistence in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals Anne Siebels Peterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Aristotle on the order of embryonic development and the homonymy principle Diana Quarantotto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Heart and Soul in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals II Christof Rapp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Refining Method in Zoology: Aristotle on Aging and Generation Katharina Epstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
III. Heat, Pneuma and the Male Seed
The Role of pneuma in De generatione animalium Jochen Althoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
Spontaneous Generation, Plants and Environmental Digestion James Wilberding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Aristotle’s Explanation of Multiparity David Lefebvre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
IV. The Reception of GA
Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristotle’s Generation of Animals Andrea Falcon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Peripatetic views on generation and reproduction in later texts and contexts Oliver Hellmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	443
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
Index locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: scholars of classical studies, philosophy and history
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 490
Illustrations
- Tables: 5
Keywords: Aristotle; Theory of Generation; biological method; embryogenesis

eBook

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110762013

Hardcover

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110761436