Aristotle Author:Aristotle Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: XXXV SYNOPSIS. Introductory Matter, i. 1—i. 5. i. Scientific methods a part of general education i. I. The method of biology and questions relating th... more »ereto. a. Whether generic or specific characters should be first considered. B. Whether phenomena or their causes should be first considered. y. The materialistic view of previous writers, and the several meanings of "necessity." SI The relative importance of the material and final causes, and the propriety of taking both into account. t. The insufficiency of Dichotomy or division by a single differentia, and the advantages of the natural method or classification by many differentiae i. 2—i. 4. iii. A defence of the study of animal structure, as not ignoble i. 5. iv. The plan of this treatise to take the parts in succession, and enquire what share Necessity and the Final Cause respectively have in their formation. The Three Degrees Of Composition ii. 1—end of treatise, i. The mutual relations of the three ii. 1. ii. The first degree. Physical substances ii. N—ii. 3. 2. Hot and cold. 3. Solid and fluid. iii. The second degree. Homogeneous parts or tissues ii. 4—ii. 9. 4. Blood. 5. Fat. 6. Marrow. 7. Brain. 8. Flesh. 9. Bone. iv. The third degree. Heterogeneous parts or organs ii. 10-end of treatise. A. In Sanguineous Animals ii. 10—iv. 4, and iv. 10—end of treatise. a. Organs of the Head ii. 20—iii. 2. 10. Brain and organs of sense. II, 12. Ears. 13, 14, 15. Eye- lids and Eyelashes. 16. Nostrils, Lips. 17. Tongue. iii. 1. Teeth. 2, Horns. ii. Organs of the Neck iii. 3. 3. Œsophagus; Trachea; Epiglottis. y. Visceral Organs iii. 4—iii. 13, iv. —iv. 4. 4. Heart. 5. Blood vessels. 6. Lung. "]. Liver, Spleen. 8. Bladder. 9. Kidneys. 10. Diaphragm. II. Fibrous...« less