Aristotle’s De partibus animalium
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Aristotle’s De partibus animalium is a foundational biological treatise in which Aristotle systematically analyzes and explains the structure, functions, and purposes of the parts of animals.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aristotle’s De partibus animalium canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biological treatise
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philosophical treatise ⓘ work by Aristotle ⓘ |
| aim |
to classify animal parts by function and structure
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to explain why animals have the parts they do ⓘ |
| approach |
empirical observation
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teleological explanation ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| discipline | Aristotelian natural science ⓘ |
| focus |
functions of animal parts
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purposes of animal parts ⓘ structure of animal bodies ⓘ |
| genre | scientific prose ⓘ |
| hasModernTranslation |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Galen
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Renaissance naturalists ⓘ early modern zoology ⓘ medieval scholastic biology ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
adaptation of parts to ends
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causal explanation in biology ⓘ functional differentiation of organs ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| method |
comparative study of animals
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systematic analysis of animal parts ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aristotle’s biological works
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Aristotle’s corpus Aristotelicum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Peripatetic school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
final causes
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form and matter ⓘ hierarchy of souls ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
medieval Greek manuscripts
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medieval Latin translations ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De generatione animalium
NERFINISHED
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De motu animalium NERFINISHED ⓘ Historia animalium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
anatomy
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biology ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ teleology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| title | De partibus animalium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | On the Parts of Animals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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