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ΓΕΝΟΣ and ΕΙΔΟΣ in Aristotle's Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

D. M. Balme
Affiliation:
Queen Mary College, London

Extract

It is not certain when or by whom and were first technically distinguished as genus and species. The distinction does not appear in Plato's extant writings, whereas Aristotle seems to take it for granted in the Topics, which is usually regarded as among his earliest treatises. In his dialogues Plato seems able to use interchangeably to denote any group or division in a diairesis, including the group that is to be divided.

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1962

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