When Teleology Fails: Aristotle on Bile as a Useless Residue in Parts of Animals.
Aristotle provides no clear justification for his unique position on the status of bile (χολή). He argues against established tradition and his usual teleological framework that this substance has no function but is a useless residue of the liver. Moreover, the basis for Aristotle's critique of two...
| Publicado en: | Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 42; pp. 111 - 130 |
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Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies
2023
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