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1 online resource (ix, 326 pages). |
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Bohn's libraries |
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Bohn's libraries.
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| Note |
Translation from the text of J.G. Schneider--Cf. Pref. |
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"Essay on the literary and pecuniary resources which Aristotle either used, or is said to have used in the examination and composition of his History of animals. Translated from the Latin of Schneider": pages [293]-303. |
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"The following Translation of Aristotle's History of Animals has been made from the text of Schneider. In a work of considerable difficulty it is hardly possible entirely to avoid errors; but it is hoped that those which have escaped are neither numerous nor important. The notes of Schneider have been consulted throughout; and in places of difficulty the English translation by Taylor, the French of Camus, and the German of Strack, have been severally referred to. The work itself is the most ancient and celebrated contribution to science which has come down to us; and it is hardly possible, when we consider the means of observation which were accessible at the time, to imagine a work of more accurate observation. From the numerous quotations in which our author avails himself of the experience of his predecessors in the same field, as well as corrects their errors, there can be no doubt that Aristotle had the advantage of many works which have perished in the lapse of ages. In the Appendix to the present Translation will be found the Essay of Schneider on the sources whence Aristotle derived his knowledge of the animals he describes; and these sources, together with his own accurate observations, are probably sufficient to account for the correct knowledge of the history of animals displayed throughout the work. The Index to the present volume has been formed on the basis of that of Schneider, and considerable pains have been taken to add as many names as possible from other sources, especially the Index of Strack, and Külb's recent translation of the History of Animals, both of which contain identifications of a great many animals. A few identifications have also been added from Liddell and Scott's Lexicon, as well as from Professor Bell's Catalogue of Animals in Captain Spratt's work on Lycia; and the cephalopods are named from Professor Owen's article on that class, in the Cyclopaedia of Anatomy. It is hoped, therefore, that the Index will be found to contain a greater number of suggestions for the identification of the animals mentioned by Aristotle than have been hitherto published collectively. It is also right to add, that it has been compiled after the translation was completed; and, therefore, in any differences which may be found between the identifications at the foot of the page and those given in the Index, the reader will rather prefer the latter as the result of later research in works which were not accessible when the translation was made"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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Print version record. |
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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Zoology. (DNLM)D015046
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Zoology. (OCoLC)fst01184696
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Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
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book.
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| Added Author |
Cresswell, Richard.
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Schneider, Johann Gottlob, 1750-1822.
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| Added Title |
History of animals |
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Print version: Aristotle. Aristotle's History of animals. London, G. Bell, 1902 (OCoLC)8187422 |
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