The works of Aristotle

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THE WORKS OF
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VOLUME
II
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GENERAL CONTENTS, VOLUME II
BIOLOGICAL TREATISES
History of Animals (Historia animalium), translated by
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson,
p. 7
On the Parts of Animals (De partibus animalium), trans-
lated by William Ogle, p. 161
On the Motion of Animals (De motu animalium), translated
by A. S. L. Farquharson, p. 233
On the Gait of Animals (De incessu animalium), translated
by A. S. L. Farquharson, p. 243
On the Generation of Animals (De generatione animalium),
translated by Arthur Piatt, p. 255
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS (Ethica Nicomachea), translated
by W. D. Ross, p. 339
POLITICS (Politica), translated by Benjamin Jowett, p. 445
THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION (Atheniensium respub-
lica), translated by Sir Frederic G. Kenyon, p. 553
RHETORIC (Rhetorica), translated by W. Rhys Roberts, p. 593
ON POETICS (De poetica), translated by Ingram Bywater, p.
681
BIOLOGICAL TREATISES