History of Animals
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History of Animals is one of the major texts on biology by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was written in sometime between the mid-fourth century BC and Aristotle's death in 322 BC.
Historia animalium et al., Constantinople, 12th century (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, pluteo 87.4)
Aristotle spent many years at Plato's academy in Athens (Mosaic, 1st century, Pompeii).
Scaliger's edition with his commentary, Toulouse, 1619
Aristotle observed that the octopus can change colour when disturbed.
Aristotle's biology
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Aristotle's biology is the theory of biology, grounded in systematic observation and collection of data, mainly zoological, embodied in Aristotle's books on the science. Many of his observations were
History of Animals
…Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Latin: Historia Animalium, "History of Animals") is one of the major texts on biology by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was written in sometime between the mid-fourth century BC and Aristotle's death in 322 BC. Generally…
Aristotle argued by analogy with a woodcarving that a thing takes its form both from its design and from the material used.
Embryogenesis: Aristotle saw the chick embryo's heart beating. 19th century drawing by Peter Panum