Generation of Animals
Aristotle
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
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 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book I 6-16 (717b) | 22:14 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book I 17-18 (721a) | 35:22 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book I 19-20 (726a) | 19:43 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book I 21-23 (729a) | 14:40 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book II 1 (731b) | 26:27 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book II 2-3 (735a) | 15:33 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book II 4-5 (737b) | 28:39 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book II 6 (741b) | 27:43 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book II 7-8 (745b) | 23:07 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book III 1 (749a) | 17:42 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book III 2-3 (752a) | 18:15 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book III 4-8 (755a) | 20:04 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book III 9-10 (758a) | 19:00 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book III 11 (761a) | 17:22 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book IV 1 (763b) | 21:34 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book IV 2-3 (766b) | 22:08 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book IV 4 (769b) | 24:13 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book IV 5-7 (773a) | 20:23 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book IV 8-10 (776a) | 13:42 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book V 1 (778a) | 20:34 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book V 2-5 (781a) | 27:59 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
| Book V 6-8 (785b) | 24:06 | Read by Geoffrey Edwards |
Reviews
interesting
Hiker1956
interesting about the information shared from BC times. I was impressed by how much research was done in those days that was correct and by some of the misconceptions they came up. The beginnings of science and unfolding of knowledge.