Pierre Pellegrin 
Aristotle’s Classification of Animals 
Biology and the Conceptual Unity of the Aristotelian Corpus

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Table of Content

Contents


Translator’s Note

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction


1. DIVISION AND DEFINITION IN ARISTOTLE

The Meaning and Limits of the Critique of Platonism

2. GENUS, SPECIES, AND SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE

From Logic to Zoology

3. THE STATUS AND FUNCTIONS OF ARISTOTLE’S ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS


Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Passages Cited from Aristotle’s Works

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