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Article: Toward an integrated approach to Aristotle as a biological philosopher.
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- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
- Author:
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EVER SINCE BALME'S GROUNDBREAKING WORK on the subject, there has been substantial progress in our understanding of the importance of biology in Aristotle's philosophy. (1) Despite a certain reluctance to incorporate treatises on animals into the undergraduate curriculum, (2) it is now inadvisable to avoid any reference to Aristotle's biological work when discussing most aspects of his thought. (3) The new tendency of scholarship on Aristotle's biology employs various methodologies but, in the main, argues for the importance of Aristotle's biological treatises on the basis of the assistance they might provide for understanding some of the more intractable ...
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