Supplement to Aristotle’s De Motu Animalium

Long descriptions for some figures in Aristotle’s De Motu Animalium

Figure 2 description

Figure 2 is a diagram with nested boxes some of which are connected by arrows.

  1. OBJECT: arrow goes from here to 2.1.a
  2. ANIMAL contains
    1. PERIPHERAL SENSE ORGAN does
      1. alteration: arrow goes from here to 2.2.a
    2. THE HEART does
      1. perceptual alteration: arrow goes from here to 2.2.b
      2. thermic alteration: arrows go from here to 2.2.c and to 2.3.a
      3. quantitative change / mechanical impulse: arrow goes from here to 2.4.a
    3. FLESH AROUND THE JOINTS does
      1. consistency alteration: arrow goes from here to 2.4.a
    4. LIMB does
      1. local motion: arrow goes from here to 3
  3. DISPLACEMENT

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