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are many insects and quadrupeds. Further, in respect to locality of dwelling
place, some creatures dwell under ground, as the lizard and the snake; others
live on the surface of the ground, as the horse and the dog. make to
themselves holes, others do not
Some are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others live in the daylight.
Moreover, some creatures are tame and some are wild: some are at all times
tame, as man and the mule; others are at all times savage, as the leopard and
the wolf; and some creatures can be rapidly tamed, as the elephant.
Again, we may regard animals in another light. For, whenever a race of
animals is found domesticated, the same is always to be found in a wild
condition; as we find to be the case with horses, kine, swine, (men), sheep,
goats, and dogs.
Further, some animals emit sound while others are mute, and some are
endowed with voice: of these latter some have articulate speech, while others
are inarticulate; some are given to continual chirping and twittering some are
prone to silence; some are musical, and some unmusical; but all animals
without exception exercise their power of singing or chattering chiefly in
connexion with the intercourse of the sexes.
Again, some creatures live in the fields, as the cushat; some on the
mountains, as the hoopoe; some frequent the abodes of men, as the pigeon.
Some, again, are peculiarly salacious, as the partridge, the barn-door cock
and their congeners; others are inclined to chastity, as the whole tribe of
crows, for birds of this kind indulge but rarely in sexual intercourse.
Of marine animals, again, some live in the open seas, some near the shore,
some on rocks.
Furthermore, some are combative under offence; others are provident for
defence. Of the former kind are such as act as aggressors upon others or
retaliate when subjected to ill usage, and of the latter kind are such as merely
have some means of guarding themselves against attack.
Animals also differ from one another in regard to character in the following
respects. Some are good-tempered, sluggish, and little prone to ferocity, as the
ox; others are quick tempered, ferocious and unteachable, as the wild boar;
some are intelligent and timid, as the stag and the hare; others are mean and
treacherous, as the snake; others are noble and courageous and high-bred, as
the lion; others are thorough-bred and wild and treacherous, as the wolf: for,
by the way, an animal is highbred if it come from a noble stock, and an
animal is thorough-bred if it does not deflect from its racial characteristics.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156