Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως

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Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως is Aristotle’s biological treatise that systematically examines animal reproduction, development, and heredity within his broader natural philosophy.

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instanceOf Aristotelian treatise ⓘ
ancient Greek text ⓘ
biological treatise ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
approach teleological explanation of biological processes ⓘ
author Aristotle ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Aristotelian corpus ⓘ
concerns development of the embryo ⓘ
inheritance of traits ⓘ
menstruation and female contribution ⓘ
monstrosities and abnormal births ⓘ
role of male and female in reproduction ⓘ
theories of semen ⓘ
viviparous and oviparous animals ⓘ
discusses material and formal causes in reproduction ⓘ
soul as principle of life in generation ⓘ
field biology ⓘ
embryology ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
genre scientific prose ⓘ
influenced Renaissance biology ⓘ
later ancient embryology ⓘ
medieval natural philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTopic animal reproduction ⓘ
embryological development ⓘ
generation of animals ⓘ
heredity ⓘ
method comparative study of animals ⓘ
partOf Aristotle's biological corpus ⓘ
period 4th century BCE ⓘ
philosophicalFramework hylomorphism ⓘ
preservation transmitted through Greek and later Latin manuscripts ⓘ
relatedWork Περὶ ζῴων μορίων ⓘ
Περὶ ζῴων ἱστορίας ⓘ
linked to: History of Animals

Περὶ κινήσεως ζῴων ⓘ
Περὶ πορείας ζῴων ⓘ
structure treatise divided into several books ⓘ
studiedIn classics ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
philosophy of biology ⓘ
titleInGreek Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως ⓘ
titleInLatin De Generatione Animalium ⓘ
tradition Peripatetic school ⓘ

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Generation of Animals → originalTitle → Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως ⓘ
Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus → followedBy → De Generatione Animalium ⓘ
linked to: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως
Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως → titleInGreek → Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως ⓘ
Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως → relatedWork → Περὶ ζῴων μορίων ⓘ
linked to: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως