Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-vii

List of Tables

pp viii-viii

Notes on Contributors

pp ix-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiii

List of Abbreviations

pp xiv-xvi

Part I - Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - Explanatory Strategies in the De incessu animalium

pp 3-18

2 - The Reception of the De incessu animalium

pp 19-32

Part II - Greek Text and Translation

pp 33-34

Preface to the Greek Text

pp 35-40

Sigla Manuscriptorum

pp 41-41

ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΟΥΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΠΟΡΕΙΑΣ ΖΩΙΩΝ

pp 42-98

Part III - Interpretative Essays

pp 99-100

3 - De incessu animalium 1–3: The Theoretical Framework and the Beginning of the Actual Investigation

pp 101-116

4 - De incessu animalium 4: Aristotle’s Conception of Dimension

pp 117-140

5 - De incessu animalium 5–6: The Architecture of Locomotive Bodies

pp 141-161

6 - De incessu animalium 7–8: Number and Distribution of Feet in Animal Progression

pp 162-193

7 - De incessu animalium 9: Aristotle’s Mathematical Kinesiology: The Case of Bending

pp 194-216

8 - De incessu animalium 10–11: Flight and Two-Footedness

pp 217-232

9 - De incessu animalium 12–13: Limb-Bending and Natural Teleology

pp 233-265

10 - De incessu animalium 14–15: Teleology Across Kinds

pp 266-281

11 - De incessu animalium 16–19: The Motion of Many-Footed Animals and Cases of Peculiar Motion in Water

pp 282-296

References

pp 297-306

General Index

pp 307-309

Index Locorum

pp 309-315