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A R I S TO T L E O N F E MA L E A N I MA L S

Aristotle’s account of female nature has received mostly negative treatment,

emphasizing what he says females cannot do. Building on recent research, this

book comprehensively revises such readings, setting out the complex and posi-

tive role played by the female in Aristotle’s thought with a particular focus on the

longest surviving treatise on reproduction in the ancient corpus, the

Generation of

Animals.

It provides new interpretations of the nature of Aristotle’s sexism, his

theory of male and female interaction in generation and his account of inherited

features. It also discusses a range of more general issues which can and should be

re-examined in light of Aristotle’s account of female animals: his methodology,

hylomorphism, teleology and psychology.

Aristotle on Female Animals

will be

valuable to all those interested in Aristotle’s philosophy and the history of gender.

sophia m. connell

is an Afﬁliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy,

University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Selwyn College and a Bye Fellow of

Newnham College. She has published articles on Aristotle’s biology and Galen

and Aristotle on women’s bodies.

CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL STUDIES

General editors

H U N T E R

O S B O R N E

M I L L E T T

B E T E G H

H O R R O C K S

O A K L E Y

B E A R D

W H I T M A R S H

A R I S TO T L E O N F E MA L E A N I MA L S

A Study of the

Generation of Animals

S OP HI A M . C ON NE L L

University of Cambridge