History of Animals

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ancient Greek scientific work work by Aristotle zoological treatise

History of Animals is an influential zoological treatise by Aristotle that systematically examines the anatomy, behavior, and classification of animals in one of the earliest scientific studies of living creatures.

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Aristotle's biological works	1
Περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστορίαι	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek scientific work ⓘ work by Aristotle ⓘ zoological treatise ⓘ
author	Aristotle ⓘ
circulatedIn	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world medieval Islamic scholarship ⓘ medieval Latin West ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
dateWritten	4th century BCE ⓘ
describes	anatomical features of animals ⓘ comparative anatomy of species ⓘ habits and habitats of animals ⓘ reproductive behavior of animals ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	biology ⓘ zoology ⓘ
followedBy	Generation of Animals ⓘ Parts of Animals ⓘ
genre	natural history ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Aristotelian tradition in natural science ⓘ history of science ⓘ scholastic philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	Book I ⓘ Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book IX ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ Book VII ⓘ Book VIII ⓘ
influenced	Renaissance natural history ⓘ early modern biology ⓘ medieval zoological thought ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject	animal anatomy ⓘ animal behavior ⓘ animal classification ⓘ animals ⓘ zoology ⓘ
notableFor	early systematic study of living creatures ⓘ foundational role in zoology ⓘ
originalTitle	History of Animals self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστορίαι
partOf	History of Animals self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aristotle's biological works
periodCovered	Classical antiquity ⓘ
philosophicalContext	Aristotelian physics ⓘ surface form: Aristotelian natural philosophy
philosophicalTradition	Peripatetic school NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	History of Animals self-link ⓘ
usesMethod	empirical observation ⓘ systematic classification ⓘ

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History of Animals → partOf → History of Animals self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristotle's biological works

Parts of Animals → relatedWork → History of Animals ⓘ

History of Animals → title → History of Animals self-link ⓘ