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movement, that of the left to be moved. The burden then must rest on the side
which is to be moved, not on that which is going to cause movement, and if it
be set on the moving side, which is the original of movement, it will either not
be moved at all or with more labour. Another indication that the right is the
source of movement is the way we put our feet forward; all men lead off with
the left, and after standing still prefer to put the left foot forward, unless
something happens to prevent it. The reason is that their movement comes
from the leg they step off, not from the one put forward. Again, men guard
themselves with their right. And this is the reason why the right is the same in
all, for that from which motion begins is the same for all, and has its natural
position in the same place, and for this reason the spiral-shaped Testaceans
have their shells on the right, for they do not move in the direction of the
spire, but all go forward in the direction opposite to the spire. Examples are
the murex and the ceryx. As all animals then start movement from the right,
and the right moves in the same direction as the whole, it is necessary for all
to be alike right-handed. And man has the left limbs detached more than any
other animal because he is natural in a higher degree than the other animals;
now the right is naturally both better than the left and separate from it, and so
in man the right is more especially the right, more dextrous that is, than in
other animals. The right then being differentiated it is only reasonable that in
man the left should be most movable, and most detached. In man, too, the
other starting-points are found most naturally and clearly distinct, the superior
part that is and the front.
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Animals which, like men and birds, have the superior part distinguished
from the front are two-footed (biped). In them, of the four points of motion,
two are wings in the one, hands and arms in the other. Animals which have
the superior and the front parts identically situated are four-footed, many-
footed, or footless (quadruped, polypod, limbless). I use the term foot for a
member employed for movement in place connected with a point on the
ground, for the feet appear to have got their name from the ground under our
feet.
Some animals, too, have the front and back parts identically situated, for
example, Cephalopods (molluscs) and spiral-shaped Testaceans, and these we
have discussed elsewhere in another connexion.
Now there is in place a superior, an intermediate, and an inferior; in respect
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- The Complete Aristotle
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- ~322 B.C.
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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