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Generation of Animals

Gelesen von Geoffrey Edwards

(4 Sterne; 1 Bewertungen)

Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium)

Book 1: Sexual Parts, Semen & Sexual Generation
Book 2: Sexes, Embryo Development & Sterility
Book 3: Birds, Fish, Cephalopods, Insects, Bees & Testacea
Book 4: Causes of Sex, Heredity & Teratology
Book 5: Distinction between Necessity and the Final Cause

Charles Darwin wrote: "Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle." (Life and Letters, vol. iii, p. 252) - Summary by Geoffrey Edwards (8 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Book I 1-5 (715a)

18:09

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Book I 6-16 (717b)

22:14

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Book I 17-18 (721a)

35:22

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Book I 19-20 (726a)

19:43

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Book I 21-23 (729a)

14:40

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Book II 1 (731b)

26:27

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Book II 2-3 (735a)

15:33

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Book II 4-5 (737b)

28:39

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Book II 6 (741b)

27:43

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Book II 7-8 (745b)

23:07

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Book III 1 (749a)

17:42

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Book III 2-3 (752a)

18:15

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Book III 4-8 (755a)

20:04

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Book III 9-10 (758a)

19:00

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Book III 11 (761a)

17:22

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Book IV 1 (763b)

21:34

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Book IV 2-3 (766b)

22:08

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Book IV 4 (769b)

24:13

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Book IV 5-7 (773a)

20:23

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Book IV 8-10 (776a)

13:42

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Book V 1 (778a)

20:34

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Book V 2-5 (781a)

27:59

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Book V 6-8 (785b)

24:06

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