Animals in the World

Introduction

1. Is There an Aristotelian Biology?
Aristotle and Nineteenth-Century Biology
Aristotle and Cuvier
Some Remarks on Aristotle's Biological Corpus
The Relationships between the History of Animals and the Parts of Animals
An Impossible Chronology

2. The New Horizon of Teleology
The Historical Background
Aristotle's Solution and Its Consequences for His Teleology
"Many Things Happen because It Is Necessary"
Hypothetical Necessity
The Two Natures
Nature's Excellence

3. A Philosophy of Life?
The Nutritive Soul
Sexual Generation and the Female Material
Spontaneous Generation
A General Theory of Homoiomeries?

4. Diversity
What the Word "Animal" Names
Continuity and Diversity, Perfection and Harmony
The Revenge of the Special on the General

5. Animal Nature and Human Nature
Animal Pleasure, Human Pleasure
Sheep and Men

Conclusion

Bibliography
Editions of Aristotle
Works and Articles

Index
References to Aristotle's Works

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