384bc–322bc Ancient Greek philosopher who originated systematic biological research.
Keywords: zoology; teleology; methodology; anatomy; heredity
Aristotle of Stagira
Robert W Sharples, University College London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002348
| Further Reading | |
| book Aristotle (1984) The Complete Works of Aristotle: the Revised Oxford Translation, Barnes J (ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. | |
| book Balme DM (1992) Aristotle: De partibus animalium 1 and De generatione animalium I, translated with notes: 2nd edn. with a report on recent work and an additional bibliography by Allan Gotthelf. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Barnes J (ed.) (1995) Cambridge Companion to Aristotle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Gotthelf A and Lennox JG (eds) (1987) Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Hankinson RJ (1998) Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought, pp. 125–200. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Lennox JG (1986) "Are Aristotelian species eternal?" In: Gotthelf A (ed.) Aristotle on Nature and Living Things: Philosophical Studies Presented to David M. Balme, pp. 117–128. Pittsburgh, PA: Mathesis. | |
| book Lennox JG (1994) "The disappearance of Aristotle's biology: a Hellenistic mystery". In: Barnes TD (ed.) The Sciences in Greco-Roman Society (Apeiron 27.4), pp. 7–24. Edmonton: Academic Printing and Publishing. | |
| book Lloyd GER (1983) Science, Folklore and Ideology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Peck AL and others (1937–1991) Aristotle: Generation of Animals; Parts of Animals (etc.); Historia animalium vols 1–3. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (Loeb Classical Library). [Important introductions and notes.] | |
| book Pellegrin P (1986) Aristotle's Classification of Animals, Preus A (transl.). Berkeley: University of California Press. | |
