ARISTOTLE 



readers who may have but little Greek ; and on the 

 positive side I have given a full account of many of 

 these terms in the Introduction. In my opinion, it 

 is essential that the Introduction be read before 

 undertaking any study of the treatise itself. 



The purpose I have had in mind, therefore, is to 

 ensure so far as possible, that the reader shall not 

 have the unnecessary difficulty of " translators' 

 English " to overcome, but shall be able to give his 

 full attention to Aristotle's thought and argument : 

 this is especially necessary in the present case, where 

 we are dealing primarily with a scientific treatise. 

 My aim has not been to paraphrase Aristotle or to 

 " improve " upon him, but to represent what he says 

 as closely and as faithfully as possible in English. 

 ofannot.1- Since, however, G.A. is not intelHgible, even to a 

 tion ; Greek scholar, without some familiarity with Aris- 

 totle's general thought and some of his main doctrines, 

 I have provided an outline of these in the Introduction 

 and in the Appendix ; and in the footnotes I have 

 given many cross-references to other passages in G.A. 

 and other treatises : attention is also called to points 

 of special interest. One of these, which I think has 

 not hitherto been noticed, may be mentioned here : 

 the possibility that there is an allusion at 735 b 17 to 

 an early process of oil-flotation in ore-dressing, 

 of the The Index is not intended to be exhaustive, but 

 Index, forms a supplement to the Contents-Summary 

 (p. Ixxi) and the Introduction. Particular attention 

 is given to certain key-phrases and ideas. It covers 

 the Preface, Introduction, footnotes and Appendix 

 as well as the translation. 



A glance through the Index may help a reader 

 with special interests to find the passages most 



