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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2015
      14 January 2016
      ISBN:
      9781316479766
      9781107136304
      9781316501795
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316479766
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.66kg, 452 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.55kg, 454 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Classical Studies (General), Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Classical Studies
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Classical Studies (General), Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Classical Studies
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    Aristotle's account of female nature has received mostly negative treatment, emphasising what he says females cannot do. Building on recent research, this book comprehensively revises such readings, setting out the complex and positive role played by the female in Aristotle's thought with a particular focus on the longest surviving treatise on reproduction in the ancient corpus, the Generation of Animals. It provides new interpretations of the nature of Aristotle's sexism, his theory of male and female interaction in generation, and his account of inherited features. It also discusses a range of more general issues which can and should be re-examined in light of Aristotle's account of female animals: his methodology, hylomorphism, teleology and psychology. Aristotle on Female Animals will be valuable to all those interested in Aristotle's philosophy and the history of gender.

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