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    Aristotle 

   

 

His Life

The Scope of Aristotle’s Biological Works

The Specialist and the Generalist

The Two Modes of Causal Explanation

Aristotle’s Theory of Soul

The Biological Practice: Outlines of a Systematics

 “The more and the less” and “Epi to polu” 

Significant Achievements and Mistakes

Conclusion

References and Further Reading

Primary Text

  Key Texts in Translation

Selected Secondary Sources

       

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