Historia Animalium Book X

Historia Animalium Book X

Publishing date:
2023
New edition arguing that the book is a summary by Aristotle of a fourth-century medical treatise. The treatise makes clear advances over Hippocratic gynaecology, and Aristotle's comments on it illustrate the early stages of his reproductive theory. HA X is a central text for ancient gynaecology and Aristotelian methodology.
640.10 zł
Audience:
professional and scholarly
Delivery:
30 days
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages:
376
Publication form:
hardback
Language:
English
Edition:
ISBN:
9781107015159
Categories:
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
New edition arguing that the book is a summary by Aristotle of a fourth-century medical treatise. The treatise makes clear advances over Hippocratic gynaecology, and Aristotle's comments on it illustrate the early stages of his reproductive theory. HA X is a central text for ancient gynaecology and Aristotelian methodology.