Movement & Progression of Animals by Aristotle audiobook.

Genre: science

In Movement and Progression of Animals, Aristotle turns a sharp, patient eye to one of the most basic mysteries of life: how living creatures set themselves in motion. Drawing on close observation and comparative reasoning, he examines the structures that make movement possible - bones, joints, sinews, and the diverse body plans of land animals, birds, and creatures of the sea. But this is not merely a catalog of anatomy. Aristotle asks deeper questions about causation and purpose: what initiates motion, how desire and perception relate to action, and why different animals move in different ways. Along the way, he explores balance, leverage, gait, and the coordinated rhythms of walking, swimming, and flight, linking physical mechanics to his broader philosophy of nature. Accessible, curious, and argumentative, these short treatises reveal the foundations of biological thinking in the ancient world and invite listeners to follow a mind trying to connect what can be seen in the body with what cannot be seen in the principles of life. The result is a classic study of locomotion as both a scientific problem and a philosophical one.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:15) Chapter 02

(00:33:15) Chapter 03

(00:44:12) Chapter 04

(00:58:53) Chapter 05

(01:16:53) Chapter 06

(01:30:56) Chapter 07

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