Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath, student of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great, founder of the Lyceum; major contributions to logic, metaphysics, ethics, biology, and many other fields.
Books
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1. Generation Of Animals
A systematic inquiry into how animals are produced and develop, combining careful observation with philosophical analysis to explain reproduction, embryology, and inheritance: it examines the roles of male and female contributions, the nature of semen and egg, stages of embryonic formation and differentiation, types of generation (including spontaneous and parthenogenetic cases), and the principles of form, matter, and teleology that guide development, aiming to derive general biological laws from comparative study of many species.
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