Book contents
- Aristotle’s Anthropology
- Aristotle’s Anthropology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Human Beings as Rational Animals
- Part II Human Nature in the Light of Aristotle’s Biology
- Chapter 5 Is Reason Natural?
- Chapter 6 Spot the Differences!
- Chapter 7 Aristotle on the Anthropological Difference and Animal Minds
- Part III Aristotle’s Moral Anthropology
- Part IV Aristotle’s Political Anthropology
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - Spot the Differences!
The Hidden Philosophical Anthropology in Aristotle’s Biological Writings
from Part II - Human Nature in the Light of Aristotle’s Biology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 May 2019
- Aristotle’s Anthropology
- Aristotle’s Anthropology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Human Beings as Rational Animals
- Part II Human Nature in the Light of Aristotle’s Biology
- Chapter 5 Is Reason Natural?
- Chapter 6 Spot the Differences!
- Chapter 7 Aristotle on the Anthropological Difference and Animal Minds
- Part III Aristotle’s Moral Anthropology
- Part IV Aristotle’s Political Anthropology
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Corpus Aristotelicum contains several voluminous works which centre on animals, especially on their bodily parts, their behaviour, their generation, their movements, etc. These biological writings are a treasure trove for anyone looking for detailed information about human physiology and psychology, insofar as man is an animal (zōon).1 But do the rich empirical observations in Aristotle’s biology add up to a philosophically significant contribution to the question of what man really is?
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- Aristotle's Anthropology , pp. 118 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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