ARISTOTLE 



644 b 



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^ o/Lio;? Bekker : ofiolcos codd. 



" This passage, 645 a 6-15, is quoted by R. Boyle {0/ the 

 Usefulnesse of Naturall Philosophy^ 1663) both in Gaza's 

 Latin version and in an English translation, and he intro- 

 duces it thus : " And, methinks, Aristotle discourses very 

 Philosophically in that place, where passing from the con- 

 sideration of the subliniist productions of Nature, to justifie 

 his diligence in recording the more homely Circumstances of 

 the History of Animals, he thus discourses." He also quotes 



