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On the Gait of Animals

by Aristotle

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“On the Gait of Animals” is a work by Aristotle that analyzes the movements and locomotion of various animals. In this text, Aristotle portrays the different ways animals move and the anatomical structures that enable these movements. He discusses the mechanics of walking, running, and flying, and compares the gait of animals with different numbers of legs, as well as the implications of bipedal versus quadrupedal locomotion.

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Aristotle

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great. His writings on ethics, politics, logic, and poetics · including the Nicomachean Ethics and Poetics · shaped Western thought for centuries.