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" The scheme which Aristotle has in mind is : 

 Place : Earth Water Air 



Creature : Plants Testacea Land-animals. 

 (From the passage 761 b 16-33 (see n., p. 352) we may add 

 a fourth pair, Fire, and Moon-animals ; but it is not essential 

 to Aristotle's main argument, and Aristotle himself does not 

 seem too sure of the existence of such creatures.) Aristotle 

 holds that water supports life better than earth (1. 27) ; and 

 also that the more " perfect " animals are those which breathe, 

 i.e., which live in the air (see 732 b 28 ff.) ; hence the three 



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