46 HERBERT ALBERT RATNER 



Aristotle '; and ' Of the Method to be Turned to in the Knowl- 

 edge of Generation.' The following is a paragraph analysis of 

 this essay. 



Preface 

 Anatomical Exercises on the Generation of Animals 



A. Introduction 



1. Causes of writing (par. 1) 



2. Present opinions concerning generation 



a. Of Galen and physicians (par. 2) 



b. Of Aristotle and philosophers (par. 3) 



3. Concerning the falsity of these opinions (par. 4) 



4. Further exposition of final causes of writing (par. 5) 



5. Concerning the method employed 



a. That it is difiicult (par. 6) 



b. That its difficulty should not be a deterrent (par. 7) 



B. Of the Mode and Order of Acquiring Knowledge 



{cognitio) 



1. That there can be only one road to science (scientia) 



(par. 8) 



2. Explication of the road 



a. Relation of sense to universals (par. 9) 



b. As expressed by Seneca and expounded by Harvey 



(par. 10) 



3. The importance of sense for judgment (par. 11) 



4. Why it was thought fit to present this by way of intro- 



duction (par. 12) 



C. Of the Former, Calling to Mind Aristotle 



1. That knowledge (cognitio) is not innate but acquired 



(par. 13) 



2. Whence and how we come to know (par. 14) 



