man in particular especially in regard to the first act of his natural physical body. Man's senses, internal as well as external, his appetites and his duplex intellect are discussed.
On Sense and the Sensible, On Sleep and Waking, On Memory and Recollection, On Dreams, On Divination through Dreams, On the Length and Shortness of Life, On Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On Respiration, all included in what goes by the general title of Parva Na- turalia.
The History of Animals, On the Parts of Animals, On the Migration of Animals, On the Generation of Animals.
The Problemata: encyclopedic collection of problems relating to random discussions or important issues for in- corporation into a general work.
Moral treatises.
a.
The Nichomachean Ethics: concerning the good life for man in all its aspects; on happiness and the means to achieve it.
b.
The Politics: the structure of the State as involving a collection of households, the function of the individuals relative to the State; kinds of States and their relative values.
c.
Constitution of the Athenian State.
d.
Magna Moralia: Aristotelian in content but probably a digest-summary of the Eudemean and Nichomachean Ethics.
Aesthetics
a.
Poetics: an incomplete treatise on tragedy and its relationships to comedy, epic and other poetic forms.
b.
Records of dramatic performances, Winners of dra- matic contests, Notes on the Homeric Problem, Notes on poetry in general.
Rhetoric: on the meaning of rhetoric, the kinds of speeches, the goal of rhetoric, the basic principles of per- suasion, the emotions and their relation to persuasion, etc.
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Publication Information: Book Title: Aristotle Dictionary. Contributors: Thomas P. Kiernan - editor. Publisher: Philosophical Library. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: 10.
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