PREFACE 



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THIS little book is an attempt to compress into a few 

 pages an account of the general evolution of Greek 

 biological and medical knowledge. The section on 

 Aristotle appears here for the first time. The remaining 

 sections are reprinted from articles contributed to 

 a volume The Legacy of Greece edited by Mr. R. W. 

 Livingstone, the only changes being the correction of 

 a few errors and the addition of some further references 

 to the literature. 



In quoting from the great Aristotelian biological 

 treatises, the History of Animals, the Parts of Animals, 

 and the Generation of Animals, I have usually availed 

 myself of the text of the Oxford translation edited by 

 Mr. W. D. Ross. For the De anima I have used the 

 version of Mr. R. D. Hicks. 



I have to thank my friends Mr. R. W. Livingstone, 

 Dr. E. T. Withington, and Mr. J. D. Beazley for a 

 number of suggestions. To my colleague Professor 

 Arthur Platt I have to record my gratitude not only 

 for much help in the writing of these chapters but also 

 for his kindness and patience in reading and rereading 

 the work both in manuscript and proof. I am specially 

 indebted, moreover, to the notes appended to his trans- 

 lation of the Generation of Animals. 



C. S. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 

 March 1922. 



