The Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek ΠεÏὶ ζῴων γενÎσεως; Latin De Generatione Animalium) is one of Aristotle's major texts on biology. It describes the means by which animals reproduce.
Book
Contents
- Part I: overview - the generative organs - generative secretions - theory of sex-generation
- Part II: generation in different animals
- Part III: causes of sex - heredity - teratology - altricial & precocial young - milk - gestation
- Part IV: development after birth
Arabic translation
The Arabic translation of De Generatione Animalium comprises treatises 15-19 of the KitÄb al-HayawÄn (The Book of Animals).
See also
- History of Animals
- The Parts of Animals
- Movement of Animals
External links
- Works related to On the Generation of Animals at Wikisource
- On the Generation of Animals, translated by Arthur Platt
- at Univ. of Virginia
- at Adelaide (eText / eBook)
- at Greek Texts
- De Generatione Animalium, English translation by Arthur Platt (Internet Archive)