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1 online resource (xv, 315 pages : illustrations.) |
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Introduction -- Greek text and translation -- De incessu animalium 1-3 : the theoretical framework and the beginning of the actual investigation / Andrea Falcon -- De incessu animalium 4 : Aristotle's conception of dimension / Panos Dimas -- De incessu animalium 5-6 : the architecture of locomotive bodies / Klaus Corcilius -- De incessu animalium 7-8 : number and distribution of feet in animal progression / Stasinos Stavrianeas -- De incessu animalium 9 : Aristotle's mathematical kinesiology : th case of bending / Christopher Frey -- De incessu animalium 10-11 : flight and two-footedness / Timothy Clarke -- De incessu animalium 12-13 : limb-bending and natural teleology / Spyridon Rangos -- De incessu animalium 14-15 : teleology across kinds / Sarah Ruth Jansen -- De incessu animalium 16-19 : the motion of many-footed animals and cases of peculiar motion in water / Pantelis Golitsis |
| Summary |
"The De incessu animalium forms an integral part of Aristotle's biological corpus but is one of the least studied Aristotelian works both by ancient and modern interpreters. Yet it is a treatise where we can see, with some clarity and detail, Aristotle's methodology at work. This volume contains a new critical edition of the Greek text, an English translation, and nine in-depth interpretative essays. A general introduction that focuses on the explanatory strategies adopted by Aristotle in the De incessu animalium plus a historical essay on the reception of this work in antiquity and beyond open the volume. No other work of this kind has been published in any modern language." -- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and indexes |
| Notes |
Critical matter in English; text in English and Ancient Greek, translated from the Ancient Greek. The English translation "is a joint work. Each author translated her or his chapter(s) of the IA. Andrea Falcon revised the entire translation with the goal of making it as uniform as possible"--page 43 |
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Description based on print version record |
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Aristotle. De incessu animalium.
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De incessu animalium (Aristotle) fast |
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Animal locomotion -- Early works to 1800
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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Zoology
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Animal locomotion
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Early works
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Container of (expression): Aristotle.
De incessu animalium. English (Falcon)
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Container of (expression): Aristotle.
De incessu animalium. Greek (Golitsis)
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Falcon, Andrea, editor, translator
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Stavrianeas, Stasinos, 1971- editor, translator.
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Golitsis, Pantelis, editor, translator
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| ISBN |
9781108868228 |
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1108868223 |
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