Book contents
- Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Unity and Structure of Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- Part II The Principles of Animal Generation Reconsidered
- Chapter 4 What Is Aristotle’s Generation of Animals About?
- Chapter 5 Aristotle on Epigenesis
- Chapter 6 A Latent Difficulty in Aristotle’s Theory of Semen
- Chapter 7 Function and Instrument
- Part III Hybrids, Male and Female, Particular Forms, and Monsters
- Part IV Methodology in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- References
- General Index
- Index of Passages
Chapter 5 - Aristotle on Epigenesis
Two Senses of Epigenesis
from Part II - The Principles of Animal Generation Reconsidered
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2017
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Book contents
- Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Unity and Structure of Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- Part II The Principles of Animal Generation Reconsidered
- Chapter 4 What Is Aristotle’s Generation of Animals About?
- Chapter 5 Aristotle on Epigenesis
- Chapter 6 A Latent Difficulty in Aristotle’s Theory of Semen
- Chapter 7 Function and Instrument
- Part III Hybrids, Male and Female, Particular Forms, and Monsters
- Part IV Methodology in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
- References
- General Index
- Index of Passages
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- Aristotle's Generation of AnimalsA Critical Guide, pp. 89 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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