Aristotle · PA

Parts of Animals

Aristotle’s study of the causes and functions of animal parts — the foundational work of his biology — in four books.

This edition presents the original Greek (Louis (Budé, 1956)) side by side with an English translation (William Ogle) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Bekker citation. 4 books, 51 chapters.

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• Ogle Greek & English · William Ogle (Oxford, 1912)

Books

• Book I 5 chapters · 639a1–646a4
• Book II 17 chapters · 646a8–661a30
• Book III 15 chapters · 661a34–18
• Book IV 14 chapters · 676a22–30

Greek text & translations

Greek: P. Louis, ed. Aristote: Les parties des animaux. Paris: Les Belles Lettres (Budé), 1956.
Translation: William Ogle (Oxford, 1912).
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In print

Modern, copyright-protected translations and commentaries we can’t host here, for readers who want to go further:

• TranslationC. D. C. Reeve, trans., in Aristotle: The Complete Works, 2 vols. (Hackett, 2024) Find in print →

Prefer a paper copy? These in-print editions carry the translation read here (or a revision of it):

• In printWilliam Ogle’s translation, revised, found in Jonathan Barnes, ed., The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation, 2 vols. (Princeton University Press, 1984) Find in print →

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