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without practising it to any extent^ they neverthe- 

 less arrogate tor themselves the title of philosophical 

 inquirers. 



In fine, the observations of Aristotle, consider- 

 ing the period at which he lived, and the prone- 

 ness of the human intellect to wander from the true 

 path, are remarkable for the great proportion of truth 

 which they present to us. Whatever may be their 

 actual merits, they are certainly superior to those of 

 any other naturalist whose works have come down 

 to us from the remote ages of classical antiquity ; 

 and we may take leave of this distinguished man 

 by observing, in the words of Dr Barclay, that, 

 '' notwithstanding his many imperfections, he did 

 much both for anatomy and natural history, and 

 more, perhaps, than any other of the human spe- 

 cies, excepting such as a Haller or Linnaeus, could 

 have accomplished in similar circumstances." 



The best edition of his History of Animals (llsg/ 

 Zum 'Iro^ia), is that of Schneider, in 4 vols 8vo, 

 which issued from the press at Leipsic in 1811. 

 Many editions of his works have been published; but 

 the most complete is said to be Sylburge's, printed at 

 Frankfort, containing, — Organon, 1585 ; Rhetorica 

 et Poetica, 1584; Ethica ad Nicomachum, 1584; 

 Ethica Magna, &e. 1584; Politica et CEconomica, 

 1587; Animalium Historia, 1587; DeAnimalium 

 Partibus, &c. 1585; Physicse Auscultationis, lib. 

 viii. et Alia Opera, 1596 ; De Coelo, lib. iv. ; De 

 Generatione et Conceptione ; De Meteoris, lib. iv. ; 

 De Mundo ; De Anima ; Parva Naturalia ; Varia 

 Opuscula, 1587 ; Alexandri et Cassii Problemata, 

 1585 ; Aristotelis et Theophrasti Metaphysica, 1585. 



