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owl at night upon the crow’s, each having the whip-hand of the other, turn and
turn about, night and day.
There is enmity also between the owl and the wren; for the latter also
devours the owl’s eggs. In the daytime all other little birds flutter round the
owl-a practice which is popularly termed ‘admiring him’-buffet him, and
pluck out his feathers; in consequence of this habit, bird-catchers use the owl
as a decoy for catching little birds of all kinds.
The so-called presbys or ‘old man’ is at war with the weasel and the crow,
for they prey on her eggs and her brood; and so the turtle-dove with the
pyrallis, for they live in the same districts and on the same food; and so with
the green wood pecker and the libyus; and so with kite and the raven, for,
owing to his having the advantage from stronger talons and more rapid flight
the former can steal whatever the latter is holding, so that it is food also that
makes enemies of these. In like manner there is war between birds that get
their living from the sea, as between the brenthus, the gull, and the harpe; and
so between the buzzard on one side and the toad and snake on the other, for
the buzzard preys upon the eggs of the two others; and so between the turtle-
dove and the chloreus; the chloreus kills the dove, and the crow kills the so-
called drummer-bird.
The aegolius, and birds of prey in general, prey upon the calaris, and
consequently there is war between it and them; and so is there war between
the gecko-lizard and the spider, for the former preys upon the latter; and so
between the woodpecker and the heron, for the former preys upon the eggs
and brood of the latter. And so between the aegithus and the ass, owing to the
fact that the ass, in passing a furze-bush, rubs its sore and itching parts against
the prickles; by so doing, and all the more if it brays, it topples the eggs and
the brood out of the nest, the young ones tumble out in fright, and the mother-
bird, to avenge this wrong, flies at the beast and pecks at his sore places.
The wolf is at war with the ass, the bull, and the fox, for as being a
carnivore, he attacks these other animals; and so for the same reason with the
fox and the circus, for the circus, being carnivorous and furnished with
crooked talons, attacks and maims the animal. And so the raven is at war with
the bull and the ass, for it flies at them, and strikes them, and pecks at their
eyes; and so with the eagle and the heron, for the former, having crooked
talons, attacks the latter, and the latter usually succumbs to the attack; and so
the merlin with the vulture; and the crex with the eleus-owl, the blackbird,
and the oriole (of this latter bird, by the way, the story goes that he was
originally born out of a funeral pyre): the cause of warfare is that the crex
injures both them and their young. The nuthatch and the wren are at war with
the eagle; the nuthatch breaks the eagle’s eggs, so the eagle is at war with it
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The Complete Aristotle
- Titel
- The Complete Aristotle
- Autor
- Aristotle
- Datum
- ~322 B.C.
- Sprache
- englisch
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- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
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- 2328
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- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
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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