the spotted-thighed tree frog ( litoria cyclorhyncha ) is a western australian tree frog species in the family hylidae .

the frog is similar in appearance to a cogenor , litoria moorei , bearing dark green or brownish patches with bronze or gold highlights on its back ; this species can be differentiated by the numerous yellowish spots on the underside of the rear legs .

it is commonly called spotted-thighed treefrog ; the name copland 's rock frog is sometimes mistakenly applied to this species ( it is actually litoria coplandi ) .

the feet are unwebbed and have a prominent disc at the toes .

it is endemic to southwest australia , as one of only four in that diverse genus to be found in the region .

it occurs on the southern coastal areas , favouring permanent water and granite outcrops , but can be found at its northern most extent in agricultural dams .

recorded sightings are also at middle island in the archipelago of the recherche , and coragina rock .

its natural habitats are rivers , swamps , freshwater lakes , and freshwater marshes .

it is threatened by habitat loss , although it is considered to be of least concern with regard to extinction .

there are concerns that the spotted-thighed tree frog has recently become established on the eyre peninsula of south australia , and that it might spread further eastward into the murray-darling basin and interbreed with or displace threatened species there .

spotted - thighed tree frog

authorities believe spotted - thighed frogs reached sa by road , in someone ' s vehicle .
and illustrated the pitfalls of their stressful life . however with the spotted - thighed frog , the situation is fortunately reversed .
) who is a small , but very active frog that usually climbs the glass windows and doors to hunt moths and other insects . i did note this particular slender tree frog on the glass door , but when i returned 10 - 15 minutes later , it was no longer on the door , but firmly clamped in the mouth and later consumed by the larger spotted - thighed tree frog .
the spotted - thighed frog is found near permanent water sources such as rivers , swamps and lakes . from september to december males make a sound like a motorbike changing gears .
the only other tree - frog from the genus litoria in this part of the world , is the closely related motorbike frog , litoria moorei , which is found exclusively to the west of albany and around the wetter near coastal regions to kalbarri ( 500 km north of perth ) . they look identical , except the motorbike frog does not have the spots on the thighs like the southeastern spotted - thighed frog .
around esperance we have two , the slender tree - frog ( from an earlier blog )
7 . do frogs adapt their colouration ?
when on land the spots which this species derived it name from are hidden but in water the spotted - thighed frogs spots can be clearly seen in bright . . .
the spotted - thighed frog is not only friendly , but also quick to take advantage of anything that can make life more pleasant . i have had up to five frogs soaking up the water as if they were in a sauna .
when on land the spots which this species derived it name from are hidden but in water the spotted - thighed frogs spots can be clearly seen in bright contrast to the black colouring on the inside of its legs . similar in appearance to the motor - bike frog , the spotted thighed frog is dark green with brown or gold patches on its back . females are larger than males growing up to 8 . 5cm in lenth and the species is only found in south - east wa .
in an earlier post i featured the moaning frog
8 . how did the moaning frog get its name ?
spotted - thighed frogs have dark green or brownish patches with bronze or gold highlights on their back and numerous yellowish spots on the underside of their rear legs . males may be up to 65 mm , females to 85 mm .
interesting facts : the spotted - thighed frog has been transported to ceduna in the last few years and has since become established in port lincoln and streaky bay . some of its genetic , physiological and behavioural traits raise concerns that this frog has invasive potential and might spread further eastward into the murray - darling basin and displace threatened species such as litoria raniformis .
this frog is one of the tree - frogs , but is probably just as active on the ground . there are over sixty litoria species in australia , with close to twenty in wa , but most live in the wetter northern regions .
the largest tree frog in the district growing to over 70 mm in length . these frogs are good climbers with prominent gripping discs on their toes and strongly webbed back feet . the species is easily identified by the pronounced cream spots on the thighs . a different species litoria moorei , the motorbike frog is of similar appearance , but does not have these spots ; it also occurs further around the coast from the southwest corner to north of perth . the spotted - thighed frog is often attracted to house lights in search of insects and will make use of any water in any type of container to rehydrate after a warm day .
as the spotted - thighed frog requires open water to lay its eggs , it is generally found close to permanent , or at least seasonally flooded areas . however , it is very hardy and can tolerate prolonged dry periods by remaining hidden and inactive during periods of low humidity ( frogs absorb water through their skin ) .
good to see another frog post , was missing them there for a while . this is a beautiful frog , and western australia is very lucky to still have members of the litoria aurea complex remain very common . they are so rare in the east now , and it is very sad considering they were once the most common tree frog in eastern australia . how many species of frog do you have around your place , and what are they ? do you have myobatrachus gouldi ? thanks , evan
i have often said that frogs will eat almost anything that will fit into their cavernous mouths , but i had not considered another , and in this case highly mobile frog , but it just gos to show the opportunistic nature of some creatures , even cute looking ones ! this predatory spotted - thighed frog was only half grown too and like others of its race , often hangs around the veranda to catch wayward insects attracted to the light , but this time ended up with a more substantial meal .
when the frog is sitting normally the spots usually cannot be seen , but when swimming they are obvious and contrast brightly against the black inside leg color ( another feature of this frog ) .
during the cooler wetter months , these tree - frogs remain active on most nights , with some seeking the limelight by being obnoxiously obvious . nevertheless , nothing gets in the way of breeding and the following jolly call is common around swamps and waterholes during spring .
similar to the motorbike frog , with a series of long rising notes followed by various growling noises .
other than the spots on the thighs , this species is indistinguishable from the more westerly - distributed motorbike frog .
if you see that then it can only be that species , there ' s no other frog like it .
other than the spots on their thighs , this species is indistinguishable from the more westernly distributed western australian frog , litoria moorei .
spotted - thighed frogs naturally occur in the southwest and arid zones of western australia , from dalyup river east to israelite bay and inland to scaddan and coragina rock . they are found near swamps and permanent water , such as dams . they are frequently seen around well - watered gardens and farms . they hybridise with l . moorei at the western edge of their range and recent research shows them to be genetically identical ( dale roberts , pers . comm . 2015 ) .
males call from late spring and in summer around the edges of pools . the breeding biology is unknown , but presumably similar to the motorbike frog .
it may be that there are some rarer frogs in the murray - darling basin that they could impact on . they may start to , for example , interbreed with something like the green and golden bell frog or the growling grass frog and that would have further consequences for an already - threatened species and they may displace some frogs from their normal habitat .
cyclo means ' circle ' and rhyncha means ' snout ' , in reference to the more rounded snout of this species compared to eastern forms such as the green and golden bell frog .
similar in all respects to the motorbike frog ( l . moorei ) but more spectacularly coloured and occurs further south and east . a large frog with unwebbed fingers containing prominent discs . the back is dark green to brown , dappled with gold or bronze patches . the distinctive characteristics are the groin and thigh that bear yellow spots ( absent in motorbike frogs ) . maximum size is about 8 cm .
it may astonish some people , but frogs can lead interesting and exciting lives , plus adapt surprisingly quickly to take advantage of any introductions to their local environment . having several frog species means your local environment is varied and in good condition , as habitat diversity will attract numerous insects to eat and provide cool places to hide during the day . so why not brighten your day and make a friendly frog near you happy !
hi i stumbled upon your page and was hoping you could help me and my children . we found this frog in our back yard and was hoping you could identify it for us ? urltoken hopefully the image works .
it may astonish some people , but frogs can lead interesting and exciting lives , plus adapt surprisingly quickly to take advantage of any introductions to their local environment . . . . they sound nearly human ( no insult intended to them ; ) ) you know , how it is said that
rats
leave a sinking ship ( before it sinks ) and budgies are used to warn miners down the mine if it gets dangerous ? i heard of some similar function that frogs apparently play with regard to the environment . . . something like
sick and / or disappearing frog species = sick environment
. does that ring a bell ? so why not brighten your day and make a friendly frog near you happy ! how can i do that , other than kissing a frog ?
> > so why not brighten your day and make a friendly frog near you happy ! how can i do that , other than kissing a frog ? < < hi missanthropy well you could try that ! i recall a case of a young woman who wished to marry a handsome prince , so she tried spending the night with a large frog . in the morning she was observed in a very dishevelled state screaming hysterically ,
he lied ! he lied ! he lied ! however , the best way is to plant lots of native shrubs and don ' t be too neat with your gardening . add a few rocks and a log or two , plus a few scattered shallow water dishes ( containing rocks so any insect / reptile / etc has a chance of climbing out should they fall in ) . simple . have fun jack
hi evan , we have a number of frogs here , with one or two not officially recorded . this is probably due to the extensive mixture of wet / dry habitat in the area . i have never seen the turtle frog , but think i have heard its call , but am not 100 % sure . it has been recorded about 30 km away , so i would say it was very likely here . i ' ve gotta leave something to find ! : ) jack
what a fabulous frog ! the dry , sandy environment of se wa is not a place one would associate at first glance with frogs . taking the time to observe all the ' little things ' that exist within our home range provides a true insight into the diversity of life surrounding us . and regardless of the extent of species of plants , animals and invertebrates that live around us , there are always surprises : ) thanks for showing us that frogs are still thriving . regards gaye
i recall a case of a young woman who wished to marry a handsome prince , so she tried spending the night with a large frog . in the morning she was observed in a very dishevelled state screaming hysterically ,
he lied ! he lied ! he lied ! teeeheeehee : d reading your passionate pladoyers in defense of the froggies , i think i may well finish up , trying to kiss a prince to reverse his metamorphosis ; - ) however , the best way is to plant lots of native shrubs and don ' t be too neat with your gardening . . . . no problems there , my middlename is
messy
. add a few rocks and a log or two , plus a few scattered shallow water dishes ( containing rocks so any insect / reptile / etc has a chance of climbing out should they fall in ) . simple . how big should the dishes be ? and although i have a couple of bird baths the water of which i change regularily , i feel , that if i leave still water around , it ' s a fertile breeding ground for mosquitos ( of whom there are many here ) . . . will the froggies eat them all ? thanks again for your lovely work . back later next week .
an unwanted visitor from the west has prompted environmental concern on eyre peninsula in south australia .
they are becoming established in the streaky bay area and a recent sighting was reported at port lincoln .
ecologist greg kerr said there was a danger the frogs might displace other species .
he says the frogs were easy to identify but were poisonous and should not be handled without gloves .
if you actually do look on the inside of the thigh you ' ll see a large black area which has very distinctive yellow or sometimes white spots across the inside of the thigh ,
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near swamps and permanent water such as dams , and frequently seen around well - watered gardens and farms .
south - western region , from east of albany to hopetoun and inland to broomehill and ravensthorpe . also the south - east wheatbelt .
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justification : listed as least concern because of its wide distribution , its presumed large population , and because its population is not believed to be in decline at present .
this australian endemic occurs in the southwest and arid zones of western australia , from dalyup river east to israelite bay and inland to scaddan and coragina rock . the estimated altitudinal range of the species is from 0 - 600m asl .
this species occurs near swamps and permanent water . it breeds in spring and summer . the details of egg masses and tadpoles are not yet known .
clearing of land is leading to an increase in the salinity of the waterbodies / streams . this species hybridises with l . moorei at the western edge of its range .
the range of the species is well covered in national parks and nature reserves in western australia .
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fauna observations within 160 km ( 100 miles ) of esperance , western australia .
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conservation status : recent taxonomic works on the genus litoria have suggested reclassifying this species as dryopsophus cyclorhynchus or ranoidea cyclorhynchus . at present we continue to use litoria cyclorhyncha , as this is still the name commonly used in australia . it is a common species in western australia and its range is well protected by national parks .
males call from late spring and in summer around the edges of pools . their call is a series of long rising notes followed by various growling noises .
they breed in spring and summer . their breeding biology is unknown but is presumed to be similar to litoria moorei . ( refer to wa museum site for more information on l . moorei urltoken tadpoles can survive in highly saline water ( dale roberts , pers . comm . 2015 ) .
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naturally intelligent and quick to take advantage of circumstances , they can do very well for themselves .
these frogs will eat most invertebrates and the best hunting grounds tend to be closer to the ground , so it is at these lower levels they are more commonly found .
nevertheless , when predators like snakes also share these lower elevations , finding a comfy spot on a banksia speciosa flower high off the ground , is not a bad place to be , providing you keep a lookout for the dreaded tawny frogmouth .
thanks huntervalley . it is truly amazing that a most unlikely looking habitat can provide perfect homes for some . guess it is biodiversity at work . regards jack
> > how big should the dishes be ? and although i have a couple of bird baths the water of which i change regularly , i feel , that if i leave still water around , it ' s a fertile breeding ground for mosquitos ( of whom there are many here ) . . . will the froggies eat them all ? < < initially to find out what frogs you have , just bury to the top small plastic dishes like a shallow dog bowl . you can flush out the small amount of water with a watering can . if they want to breed then the plastic lid of a rubbish bin is quite suitable and also can be flushed . so the water is changed either each day or 2 - 3 times a week . however make sure small critters can get out easily otherwise you will have a number of drowning on your hands . jack
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symmetrischema fercularia is a moth in the gelechiidae family .

it was described by meyrick in 1929 .

it is found in north america , where it has been recorded texas .

the wingspan is 10 – 12 mm .

the forewings are dark grey minutely speckled whitish with an elongate dark fuscous blotch along the costa from one-fourth to two-third , edged anteriorly by a rather oblique black streak sometimes preceded by ochreous-whitish , and beneath by a black streak to three-fifths , interrupted at the middle , representing or including the discal stigmata , these edged brownish beneath and the space between them sometimes whitish .

there is an obtusely angulated whitish transverse shade at three-fourths more or less indicated .

beyond this is a black dash to the apex , interrupted just before the apex , sometimes edged brownish beneath .

the hindwings are light grey , paler and bluish-tinged in disc .

symmetrischema fercularia

gnorimoschema fercularia meyrick , 1929 ; exot . microlep . 3 ( 16 ) : 492 ; tl : texas , fort davis ( 5000ft ) , alpine ( 5000 - 8000ft )
symmetrischema inexpectatum povolný , 1967 ; acta ent . mus . natn . pragae 37 : 60
symmetrischema capsicivorum povolný , 1973 ; acta ent . bohemoslov . 70 : 209 ; tl : peru , lambayeque
symmetrischema kendallorum blanchard & knudson , 1982 ; proc . ent . soc . wash . 84 ( 3 ) : 628 ; tl : texas , nueces co . , north padre island
symmetrischema striatellum ; powell & povolný , 2001 , holarctic lepidoptera 8 ( suppl . 1 ) : 13 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ] ; lee , hodges & brown , 2009 , zootaxa 2231 : 27
symmetrischema ( gnorimoschemini ) ; [ sangmi lee ] ; lee , hodges & brown , 2009 , zootaxa 2231 : 27 ; landry & roque - albelo , 2010 , revue suisse zool . 117 ( 4 ) : 730 , 699 ( list )
symmetrischema escondidella landry , 2010 ; revue suisse zool . 117 ( 4 ) : 730 , 699 ( list ) ; tl : galapagos , santa cruz , est . cient . charles darwin , el barranco , s 00°44 . 291 ' , w 90° 18 . 107 ' , 22m
symmetrischema tangolias ; hodges & becker , 1990 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 92 ( 1 ) : 84 ; [ nhm card ] ; [ aucl ] ; powell & povolný , 2001 , holarctic lepidoptera 8 ( suppl . 1 ) : 12 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ] ; lee , hodges & brown , 2009 , zootaxa 2231 : 27
= ; landry & roque - albelo , 2010 , revue suisse zool . 117 ( 4 ) : 730
phthorimaea altisona meyrick , 1917 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 1917 ( 1 ) : 46 ; tl : peru , huancayo , 10650ft
ardeola ( meyrick , 1931 ) ( phthorimaea ) ; j . linn . soc . lond . ( zool . ) 37 : 280
phthorimaea atrifascis meyrick , 1917 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 1917 ( 1 ) : 45 ; tl : peru , chosica , 2800ft
borsaniella ( köhler , 1939 ) ( gnorimoschema ) ; an . soc . cient . argent . 128 : 370
gnorimoschema capsica bradley & povolný , 1965 ; bull . ent . res . 56 ( 1 ) : 58 ; tl : lesser antilles
gnorimoschema cestrivora clarke , 1950 ; j . wash . acad . sci . 40 : 288 , f . 4 - 4d ; tl : tucuman , argentina
chelaria conifera meyrick , 1916 ; exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 582 ; tl : ecuador , huigra , 4500ft
insertum povolný , 1988 ; revta inst . cienc . nat ecol . 1 : 77
larva on physalis virginiana var . spathulaefolia blanchard & knudson , 1982 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 84 ( 3 ) : 630
gnorimoschema lectulifera meyrick , 1929 ; exot . microlep . 3 ( 16 ) : 493 ; tl : texas , fort davis and alpine , 5000ft
phthorimaea loquax meyrick , 1917 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 1917 ( 1 ) : 45 ; tl : peru , chosica , 2800ft
depressaria pallidochrella chambers , 1872 ; can . ent . 4 ( 7 ) : 126 ; tl : kentucky
eucatoptus striatella murtfeldt , 1900 ; can . ent . 32 ( 6 ) : 163
larva on ( berries ) solanum nigrum murtfeldt , 1900 , can . ent . 32 ( 6 ) : 164
peru , new south wales , . . . , california . see [ maps ]
= ; hodges & becker , 1990 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 92 ( 1 ) : 84 ; [ nhm card ] ; [ aucl ] ; powell & povolný , 2001 , holarctic lepidoptera 8 ( suppl . 1 ) : 12 ; lee , hodges & brown , 2009 , zootaxa 2231 : 27
= ; hodges & becker , 1990 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 92 ( 1 ) : 84 ; [ nhm card ] ; [ aucl ] ; powell & povolný , 2001 , holarctic lepidoptera 8 ( suppl . 1 ) : 12 ; lee , hodges & brown , 2009 , zootaxa 2231 : 28
larva on ( for _ gnorimoschema tuberosella ) solanum tuberosum busck , 1931 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 33 ( 3 ) : 60 , solanum nigrum powell & povolný , 2001 , holarctic lepidoptera 8 ( suppl . 1 ) : 13
gelechia ( teleia ? ) ventralella zeller , 1877 ; horae soc . ent . ross . 13 : 348 , pl . 4 , f . 116
sangmi lee , richard brown & sibyl bucheli . gelechioidea - a global framework ;
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zeller , 1877 exotische microlepidopteren horae soc . ent . ross . 13 : 3 - 493 , pl . 1 - 6
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aristotle ( also known as our aristotle , foaled 18 february 1997 ) was an irish-bred thoroughbred racehorse and sire .

he showed great promise as a two-year-old in 1999 , winning a maiden race on his debut and then taking the group one racing post trophy .

in an abbreviated second season he was disqualified after winning the prix greffulhe and ran poorly when strongly fancied for the epsom derby .

he was then sold and exported to singapore where he won twice and finished second in the singapore derby .

he retired with a record of four wins from twelve starts in five different countries .

he stood as a breeding stallion in australia before moving to ireland in 2009 .

aristotle ( horse )

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sadler ' s wells was rated as the sixth - best european horse of 1984 on the international classification .
the concepts of matter and form , as we noted , are absent from the categories . individual substances—this man or that horse—apart from their accidental characteristics—the qualities , etc . , that inhere in them—are viewed in that work as essentially simple , unanalyzable atoms . although there is metaphysical structure to the fact that , e . g . , this horse is white ( a certain quality inheres in a certain substance ) , the fact that this is a horse is a kind of brute fact , devoid of metaphysical structure . this horse is a primary substance , and horse , the species to which it belongs , is a secondary substance . but there is no predicative complex corresponding to the fact that this is a horse in the way that there is such a complex corresponding to the fact that this horse is white .
of the fact that it shares in , or imitates , the form of “horse . ” in a lost work ,
add in aristotle’s alleged comparison of sex with women for reproductive necessity ( vs . pederasty for pleasure ) to riding a horse for transportation , and the picture’s complete .
. in the famous question
what came first ; the chicken or the egg ?
, plato answers that the
idea
chicken came before the egg and the chicken . aristotle though plato had it upside down . he agreed with his mentor that the horse doesn ' t change or
flow
and that all horses are imperfect and mortal , and he agreed that the basic form of the horse is eternal . but he argued that the
idea
horse is just a concept that humans had come up with after seeing a lot of horses . aristotle said that the
idea
or , as he liked to put it , the
form
horse was made up of the horse ' s characteristics , which we call the species . in modern science , we have discovered deoxyribonucleic acid ( or dna ) , which we have found , controls the characteristics of every living plant and animal . this is the
form
horse that aristotle was explaining .
in the grade one norfolk stakes , as well as occupying the same position behind the same horse in the grade two del mar futurity .
, headed to france , where she proved herself on the verge of stakes class . his second crop also contained a very good horse :
in 2009 , sadler ' s wells was the first horse to be entered into the irish thoroughbred breeder association ' s hall of fame .
, having already won the lingfield derby trial . arguably the best - performed horse from sinndar ' s third crop , though , was the filly
, who franked the form the following month by winning the sussex stakes at goodwood . and ekraar too turned out to be a terrific horse .
the championship highlights of the 63rd annual new england regional morgan horse show follow . complete results can be found on the internet at www . saddlehorsereport . com .
if he runs well in france , a few doors could open up about where he might run after ,
o ' brien , whose current shortest priced epsom derby horse is the 14 to 1 aristotle , added .
british breeder bob mccreery would later say ,
i was absolutely convinced sadler ' s wells was the real deal . i always admired his guts . he was a very tough horse , and that ' s one thing i ' ve really always tried to go for , courage . he was absolutely ideal , the ideal horse .
aristotle has a 33 % win percentage and 100 % place percentage . aristotle ' s last race event was at singapore .
aristotle . the politics of aristotle . translated by peter simpson . chapel hill : university of north carolina press , 1997 .
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three - horse pile - up at happy valley ap . jockey alex yu was hospitalised last night after falling from his mount in a three - horse spill during a race at hongkong & # 39 ; s happy valley racetrack . yu was injured after tumbling from healthy bobo in the 1 , 650 m event in which two other jockeys also fell
aristotle was sired by sadler ' s wells out of the dam flamenco wave aristotle was foaled on 01 of august in 1997 .
the american hackney horse society limited breeder ' s sweepstakes committee is raffling off a kennedy harness to raise money to support the 2019 ahhs limited breeder ' s sweepstakes grand weekend .
scheduled for july 4 - 6 and located in the rolex arena at the kentucky horse park . fill the stands and cheer on the us team as they compete for world cup gold !
matthen , mohan ( ed . ) , 1987a , aristotle today : essays on aristotle’s ideal of science , edmonton : academic printing and publishing .
in july st nicholas abbey was aimed at the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes and was made the ante - post favourite ahead of cirrus des aigles , trading leather and novellist . on 23 july , four days before the race , the horse sustained a serious leg injury ( described as a
fractured pastern
) during exercise at ballydoyle , ending his racing career and putting his life in danger . on the following day , the horse underwent surgery at fethard equine hospital aimed at saving him for a stud career . on 25 july coolmore announced that the horse was
comfortable
, but remained in intensive care and had
many bridges to cross before he is considered out of danger
. on the following day it was announced that the horse had suffered a
major setback
after contracting colic which necessitated additional surgery . st nicholas abbey made a good recovery over the following week . coolmore released details of the surgical procedures : twenty screws and a steel pin had been inserted into st nicholas abbey ' s leg and a bone - graft from the horse ' s hip had been used to improve blood supply to the afflicted limb . the fethard hospital ' s doctor tom o ' brien described his patient as
a very , very tough horse
.
date from these decades , and they may reflect aristotle’s contributions to philosophical debate at the academy . some of aristotle’s writings also belong to this period , though mostly they survive only in fragments . like his master , aristotle wrote initially in
only a year later aristotle died after complaining of a stomach illness in 322bc .
edward de bono complained that aristotle sent us in the wrong direction and that we would have achieved more , sooner if aristotle had not existed . but de bono is basing this opinion on factually incorrect information about what aristotle wrote . it is de bono , not aristotle , who is tailoring his evidence to his conclusion .
[ 9 ] aristotle , on the heavens , book iv , part 2 .
[ 12 ] aristotle , history of animals , book iv , part 3 .
––– , 2002 , aristotle on meaning and essence , oxford : clarendon press .
––– , 1989 , “aristotle’s natural kinds , ” philosophy , 64 : 245–247 .
––– , 1989a , “hylomorphism in aristotle , ” apeiron , 22 : 141–158 .
the categories is probably an early work of aristotle’s ; certainly his metaphysics departs from it on many scores . nevertheless , it is aristotle’s clearest expression of his ontology .
a year after cibele ' s death athina fell from her horse and broke two vertebrae , an injury that kept her from competing for several months . in december 2014 , a year and a half after athina returned to the ring , her beloved mount , ad camille z , failed to clear a jump and fell . athina was competing in the credit suisse grand prix event in geneva , when the 11 - year - old gray horse crashed into an oxer—a show jumping obstacle—and broke a back leg . it took 45 minutes to tranquilize the mare and transport her by crane to a veterinary facility . heartbreaking photos show athina weeping as she learns the horse had to be put down .
thus , that aristotle made ridiculous mistakes ought to have been observed , long ago .
aristotle’s student and executor of his will , antipater , imposed plutocracy on athens . urltoken
well , you know that jesus answered that , and much more liberally than aristotle , in the good samaritan . i’ll let you have aristotle and jesus duke it out .
––– , 1991 , substance and predication in aristotle , cambridge : cambridge university press .
––– , 1981 , form and universal in aristotle , liverpool : f . cairns .
––– , 1995 , substance and separation in aristotle , cambridge : cambridge university press .
––– , 1991b , “universals and particular forms in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” oxford studies in ancient philosophy , suppl . vol . : aristotle and the later tradition , 41–56 .
––– , 2003 , the structure of being in aristotle’s metaphysics , dordrecht : kluwer .
sinndar , therefore , might previously have suffered a slight lull in his stud career , but he is too good a horse to discount , and it is likely that he will continue to be responsible for big - race winners in the future .
––– , 1976 , aristotle : metaphysics books μ and ν , oxford : clarendon press .
––– , 1979 , articles on aristotle , vol 3 . metaphysics , london : duckworth .
fine , kit , 1992 , “aristotle on matter , ” mind , 101 : 35–57 .
––– , 1995a , “symposium on aristotle’s metaphysics , ” ancient philosophy , 15 : 495–510 .
––– , 2009 , “aristotle on universals , ” in anagnostopoulos 2009 , pp . 186–196 .
peramatzis , michael , 2011 , priority in aristotle’s metaphysics , oxford : oxford university press .
ross , w . d . , 1924 , aristotle’s metaphysics , oxford : clarendon press .
––– , 1994a , substances and universals in aristotle’s metaphysics , ithaca : cornell university press .
––– , 1988 , “aristotle’s realism , ” canadian journal of philosophy , 18 : 501–526 .
another short ( 125 pages ) introduction to aristotle ' s thought , with three sections : wisdom and science , aristotle ' s ethics , and politics . it would be an excellent choice for the beginning student or anyone who just wants to be introduced to aristotle ' s philosophy . robinson is sympathetic to aristotle but also to his readers , keeping things easy to read while at the same time offering enough detail about aristotle ' s doctrines to illuminate his entire system and making the interconnections among the various elements of aristotle ' s system clear .
athina ' s grandfather , shipping magnate aristotle , dancing with athina ' s mother christina .
american post was another subsequent classic winner , landing the french 2 , 000 guineas a year after his 2003 racing post trophy victory and the race threw up a fourth successive classic winner in 2004 , when motivator signalled his arrival as an outstanding horse .
the east coast classic pleasure saddle championship rounded out the division on saturday night with last year’s winning junior horse entry cinemax stepping up to the open division in tricolor fashion with owner mindy duran . they added to the tricolor haul at luman wadhams stable .
beat hollow is well , but it is always a worry preparing a horse for a race like the derby . he won ' t have a run beforehand and we shall have to see how he goes in a racecourse gallop ,
said beckett .
failing to repeat the magnificent display of galloping which he had given at chantilly . with these two rivals out of the picture , sinndar merely had to beat some vastly inferior opponents - but , even so , no horse can do more than win easily .
block , i . , 1978 , “substance in aristotle , ” in paideia : special aristotle issue , g . c . simmons ( ed . ) , brockport , ny , 59–64 .
notwithstanding this advantage , russell still manages to be wrong about aristotle’s attitude toward observation . while russell castigates aristotle for not counting his wives’ teeth , it does not appear to have occurred to russell to verify his own statement by going to the bookshelf and reading what aristotle actually wrote .
it should have been no surprise that ekraar was such a tough horse because he hails from a family synonymous with the golden age of american racing ( in the three decades following the last war ) when american horses were a byword for toughness . ekraar’s fourth dam
effective july 1 , 2018 : in order to comply with the memorandum of understanding between the united states equestrian federation ( usef ) and the american saddlebred horse association ( asha ) , competitions that wish to have their results recorded must recognize and reciprocate . . .
you wrote : “defending aristotle is a good thing , but it is really easy to do” .
––– , 2008 , “kooky objects revisited : aristotle’s ontology , ” metaphilosophy , 39 : 3–19 .
––– , 2013 , how aristotle gets by in metaphysics zeta , oxford : oxford university press .
athina ' s own life has been scarred by the death of her mother christina when she was three , a much publicized legal battle with her father thierry roussel over control of her fortune , and a show jumping accident that caused the death of her beloved horse .
, a graduate of the academy , was ruler . aristotle became a close friend of hermias and eventually married his ward pythias . aristotle helped hermias to negotiate an alliance with macedonia , which angered the persian king , who had hermias treacherously arrested and put to death about 341 . aristotle saluted hermias’s
––– , 1984 , “aristotle’s doctrine of the material substrate , ” philosophical review , 93 : 171–194 .
jones , b . , 1972 , “individuals in aristotle’s categories , ” phronesis , 17 : 107–123 .
lear , jonathan , 1988 , aristotle : the desire to understand , cambridge : cambridge university press .
witt , charlotte , 1987 , “hylomorphism in aristotle , ” journal of philosophy , 84 : 673–679 .
aristotle . nicomachean ethics . translated and edited by terry irwin . indianapolis : hackett publishing , 1999 .
ackrill , j . l . aristotle the philosopher . new york : oxford university press , 1981 .
another short ( 100 page ) overview of aristotle ' s thought that is too short to be adequate for any one topic ( chapter nine , aristotle ' s view of politics , is less than six pages long ) but might be useful for the new student of aristotle interested in a brief look at the breadth of aristotle ' s interests . the book by barnes included above is to be preferred .
––– , 1965 , “aristotle’s distinction between energeia and kinesis , ” in bambrough 1965 , pp . 121–141 .
––– , 1972 , “aristotle’s definitions of psyche , ” proceedings of the aristotelian society , 73 : 119–133 .
bostock , d . , 1994 , aristotle : metaphysics books ζ and η , oxford : clarendon press .
––– , 1995 , “potentiality in aristotle’s science and metaphysics , ” pacific philosophical quarterly , 76 : 405–418 .
––– , 1999 , “monty furth’s aristotle : 10 years later , ” philosophical studies , 94 : 69–80 .
––– , 1978b , “individual and essence in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” in simmons 1978 , pp . 75–85 .
––– , 2009 , “aristotle on nonsubstantial individuals , ” ancient philosophy , 29 ( 2 ) : 289–310 .
––– , 1987 , “aristotle on the unity of form , ” in matthen 1987a , pp . 77–102 .
––– , 1995 , “symposium on aristotle on substance and predication , ” ancient philosophy , 15 : 511–520 .
––– , 2001 , “aristotle’s attack on universals , ” oxford studies in ancient philosophy , 20 : 235–260 .
––– , 2005b , “aristotle’s metaphysics reconsidered , ” journal of the history of philosophy , 43 : 223–251 .
––– , 1975 , “aristotle on primary ousia , ” archiv für geschichte der philosophie , 57 : 1–20 .
––– , 1981b , “knowledge of substance in aristotle , ” journal of hellenic studies , 101 : 63–77 .
––– , 1971 , aristotle : metaphysics books gamma , delta , and epsilon , oxford : clarendon press .
––– , 1995a , “aristotle on the unity of substance , ” pacific philosophical quarterly , 76 : 222–265 .
––– , 1985b , “separation in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” oxford studies in ancient philosophy , 3 : 125–157 .
––– , 1965b , “aristotle on the snares of ontology , ” in bambrough 1965 , pp . 69–95 .
––– , 2008 , “substance and life in aristotle , ” apeiron , 41 ( 3 ) : 129–151 .
tweedale , m . , 1987 , “aristotle’s universals , ” australasian journal of philosophy , 65 : 412–426 .
––– , 1993 , “form , species , and predication in aristotle , ” synthèse , 96 : 399–415 .
updated and revised version of a classic translation from 1925 . see also ross ' book on aristotle below .
barnes , jonathan . aristotle : a very short introduction . new york : oxford university press , 2000 .
( textual note : the standard edition of aristotle’s works is the complete works of aristotle , edited by jonathan barnes . for aquinas , see basic writings of st . thomas aquinas , edited by anton pegis . )
this i will certainly not do , unless i see a sign of love , lest you be testing me . therefore , come to my chamber crawling on hand and foot , in order to carry me like a horse . then i ' ll know that you aren ' t deluding me .
winning jockey darley , who went on to complete a treble on scorned in the following tote / racing post ' ten to follow ' stakes , said : ' i spoke to aidan this morning and he said if my horse overcame his greenness he would be there with every chance and could win .
ζ . 13 therefore produces a fundamental tension in aristotle’s metaphysics that has fragmented his interpreters . some maintain that aristotle’s theory is ultimately inconsistent , on the grounds that it is committed to all three of the following propositions :
moreover , there is much in aristotle’s writings that demonstrates careful observation . aristotle’s description of a bird at various stages of its development can only have come from aristotle himself having done the dissections of eggs at various stages of development or at least having been present at such a dissection . it is impressive work even today . [ 12 ]
aristotle also pretty much invented modern logic . except for its symbolic form , it is essentially the same today .
aristotle himself described his subject matter in a variety of ways : as ‘first philosophy’ , or ‘the study of being qua being’ , or ‘wisdom’ , or ‘theology’ . a comment on these descriptions will help to clarify aristotle’s topic .
ackrill , j . l . , 1963 , aristotle : categories and de interpretatione , oxford : clarendon press .
anagnostopoulos , georgios ( ed . ) , 2009 , a companion to aristotle , chichester : wiley - blackwell .
chappell , v . , 1973 , “aristotle’s conception of matter , ” journal of philosophy , 70 : 679–696 .
charlton , w . , 1972 , “aristotle and the principle of individuation , ” phronesis , 17 : 239–249 .
cohen , s . marc , 1978a , “essentialism in aristotle , ” review of metaphysics , 31 : 387–405 .
corkum , phil , 2008 , “aristotle on ontological dependence , ” phronesis , 53 ( 1 ) : 65–92 .
––– , 1975 , “what is aristotle’s theory of universals ? ” australasian journal of philosophy , 53 : 238–247 .
duerlinger , j . , 1970 , “predication and inherence in aristotle’s categories , ” phronesis , 15 : 179–203 .
engmann , j . , 1973 , “aristotle’s distinction between substance and universal , ” phronesis , 18 : 139–155 .
henry , devin , 2011 , “aristotle’s pluralistic realism , ” the monist , 94 ( 2 ) : 197–220 .
lewis , frank a . , 1982 , “accidental sameness in aristotle , ” philosophical studies , 39 : 1–36 .
––– , 2011 , “predication , things , and kinds in aristotle’s ‘metaphysics’ , ” phronesis , 56 : 350–387 .
lloyd , a . c . , 1970 , “aristotle’s principle of individuation , ” mind , 79 : 519–529 .
reeve , c . d . c . , 2000 , substantial knowledge : aristotle’s metaphysics , indianapolis : hackett .
robinson , h . m . , 1974 , “prime matter in aristotle , ” phronesis , 19 : 168–188 .
sellars , wilfrid , 1957 , “substance and form in aristotle , ” journal of philosophy , 54 : 688–699 .
––– , 2011 , “aristotle’s early and late ontologies , ” philosophy compass , 6 ( 7 ) : 469–476 .
thorp , j . w . , 1974 , “aristotle’s use of categories , ” phronesis , 19 : 238–256 .
––– , 2000 , aristotle’s theory of substance : the categories and metaphysics zeta , oxford : oxford university press .
––– , 1974 , “substance and essence in aristotle , ” proceedings of the aristotelian society , 75 : 167–180 .
––– , 2001b , “what is the focal meaning of being in aristotle ? ” apeiron , 34 : 205–231 .
plato , ancient greek philosopher , student of socrates ( c . 470–399 bce ) , teacher of aristotle ( 384–322…
, aristotle lists his ‘four’ causes ; the translator has numbered them . these causes have come to be known as
… there is , lastly , a class of things which are neither present in a subject nor predicable of a subject , such as the individual man or the individual horse . but , to speak more generally , that which is individual and has the character of a unit is never predicable of a subject …
, which surely explains her untypical precocity - while shawanda was subsequently sold to godolphin , under whose care she went amiss and failed to see a racecourse as a four - year - old . a horse of similar class and considerably more durability , though , was to emerge from sinndar ' s second crop :
stagira , which was a seaport on the coast of macedonia . as the ancient greeks in aristotle ' s time only had one name , they were often also referred to by their place of birth , hence aristotle was commonly known as
aristotle of stagira
. his father , nichomachus , was a court physician to king amytas of macedonia , which provided aristotle his long association with the macedonian court , which later in his life proved to be a great influence . when he was just a boy of the age of 10 , aristotle ' s father died and he was taken under the care of a man named proxenus . proxenus sent aristotle at the age of 17 to
aristotle ' s students from his school in athens saw that logic was the chief preparatory instrument of scientific investigation , while aristotle saw logic more as an equivalent to verbal reasoning . his first work in the category of logic , titled
neal stephenson briefly describes a thinly disguised version of aristotle in his novel anathem , which acknowledges aristotle’s empiricism . but ge condemns aristotle for his pedantry ! there is no winning . of course , stephenson’s novel also presented a much more extensive and vastly more laudatory disguised version of husserl , which by itself may tell you where he was coming from .
plato is fond of analogies . appetite , he says , is like a wild horse , very powerful , but likes to go its own way . spirit is like a thoroughbred , refined , well trained , directed power . and reason is the charioteer , goal - directed , steering both horses according to his will .
aristotle’s last race event was at 23 / 06 / 2001 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race .
reblogged this on jmeqvist and commented : an interesting piece on the denigration of aristotle by many modern philosopher and scientists .
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bowin , john , 2008 , “aristotle on identity and persistence , ” apeiron , 41 ( 1 ) : 63–90 .
––– , 1994 , “aristotle on identity , ” in scaltsas , charles , and gill 1994 , pp . 41–54 .
––– , 1997 , “aristotle’s metaphysics as a science of principles , ” revue internationale de philosophie , 51 : 357–378 .
––– , 1984 , “aristotle and individuation , ” canadian journal of philosophy , suppl . vol . 10 : 41–65 .
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––– , 1990 , “specific and individual forms in aristotle , ” in devereux and pellegrin 1990 , pp . 106–110 .
gill , mary louise , 1989 , aristotle on substance : the paradox of unity , princeton : princeton university press .
––– , 1984 , “aristotle on genus and differentia , ” journal of the history of philosophy , 22 : 1–24 .
––– , 1989 , one and many in aristotle’s metaphysics , the central books , columbus : ohio state university press .
irwin , t . h . , 1981 , “homonymy in aristotle , ” review of metaphysics , 34 : 523–544 .
––– , 1975 , “an introduction to the first five chapters of aristotle’s categories , ” phronesis , 20 : 146–172 .
––– , 1983 , “form and predication in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” in bogen and mcguire 1985 , pp . 59–83 .
––– , 2005 , “aristotle on matter , form , and ontological strategy , ” ancient philosophy , 25 : 81–123 .
menn , stephen , 1994 , “the origins of aristotle’s concept of energeia , ” ancient philosophy , 14 : 73–114 .
––– , 2011 , “aristotle’s causal pluralism , ” archiv für geschichte der philosophie , 93 ( 2 ) : 121–147 .
wheeler , mark , 1999 , “the possibility of recurrent individuals in aristotle’s organon , ” gregorianum , 80 : 539–551 .
aristotle . the politics . translated by c . d . c . reeve . indianapolis : hackett publishing , 1998 .
johnston trains falcon hill for tweenhills racing ( may hill syndicate ) and he said : ' i can ' t say i am greatly in favour of tape starts in racing , but it suited falcon hill down to the ground because he has great initial speed and at the same time he is a very strong powerful horse .
today , camelot didn’t just win the derby . he spread - eagled the derby field . in my eyes , the horse put up a gallant fight in the leger , and i found all sorts of holes in joseph’s ride . scores of people have disagreed , claiming the colt is simply not good enough . we’ll see .
a week in northampton came at the perfect time to unite the people and horses of the morgan breed . it was a show where several legendary morgan show horses came to show everyone all of the characteristics that make morgan horses what they are . although northampton is all about the highest level of show ring competition in every discipline in which morgans perform , this show also featured good old fashion fun . whether it was the costume stick horse and leadline classes interspersed on thursday’s breeder’s night or some good - natured fun amongst friends , northampton is surely the place where friends of the morgan horse gather to renew their friendships and enjoy all that is morgan .
winner princess pati two furlongs from the finish and held the late challenge of seattle song to win by three quarters of a length . his success took his prize money for the season to £384 , 114 . at the time , this was the fourth - highest single - season total for any horse trained in britain or ireland , behind
hans baldung ' s 1503 pen - and - ink drawing ( to the right ) , as well as his 1513 woodcut ( above ) , are some of the most vivid representations of the ensuing ride . in 1512 lucas van leyden gives us a depiction of the same scene in which aristotle is wearing unmistakably moorish or islamic gear ( below ) . my favorite rendering of this subject is the 14th - century french bronze aquamanile that shows phyllis plainly slapping aristotle ' s rear , just like she might a horse , in full three - dimensional splendor ( final image below ) .
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––– , 2003 , “logical and physical inquiries in aristotle’s ‘metaphysics’ , ” modern schoolman , 80 ( 4 ) : 325–350 .
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––– , 1986 , “aristotle on ‘being is said in many ways’ , ” history of philosophy quarterly , 3 : 3–18 .
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––– , 1989 , “aristotle on the difference between mathematics and physics and first philosophy , ” apeiron , 22 : 121–139 .
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––– , 2001a , “the identity of form and essence in aristotle , ” southern journal of philosophy , 39 : 299–312 .
the two - year - old futurity in hand competition featured an outstanding seven horse field with mem bailamos adding to his winning driving performances by striking the winning pose . the tall and handsome son of futurity french command and aff beulah became the second winning entry of that cross on the evening for trainer rick lane and owner / breeder george schott .
, when used to refer to forms as plato conceived them , is often capitalized in the scholarly literature ; when used to refer to forms as aristotle conceived them , it is conventionally lowercased . ) plato had held that , in addition to particular things , there exists a suprasensible realm of forms , which are immutable and everlasting . this realm , he maintained , makes particular things intelligible by accounting for their common natures : a thing is a horse , for example , by
aristotle career form is 1 wins , 1 seconds , 1 thirds from 3 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $ .
propaganda by those who profited from aristotle has corrupted the philosophical discourse . in particular by instituting a habit to consult aristotle and his ilk , in the matter of facts , rather than by learning history , archeology , and the facts of what really happened .
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––– , 1995 , “science and the science of substance in aristotle’s metaphysics ζ , ” pacific philosophical quarterly , 76 : 419–469 .
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––– , 1996 , “on the duality of eidos in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” archiv für geschichte der philosophie , 78 : 1–10 .
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––– , 1986 , “identity , modal individuation , and matter in aristotle , ” midwest studies in philosophy , 11 : 475–494 .
i have already noted the connection between ethics and politics in aristotle ' s thought . the concept that most clearly links the two is that which aristotle called telos . a discussion of this concept and its importance will help the reader make sense of what follows . aristotle himself discusses it in book ii , chapter 3 of the physics and book i , chapter 3 of the metaphysics .
keyt , david , and fred miller , eds . a companion to aristotle ' s politics . london : blackwell , 1991 .
miller , fred . nature , justice and rights in aristotle ' s politics . new york : oxford university press , 1995 .
simpson , peter . a philosophical commentary on the politics of aristotle . chapel hill : university of north carolina press , 1998 .
the specialty in hand championship featured equinox aristotle and traci brown capturing the tricolor from the classic section directed by vintage valley stables .
st nicholas abbey was euthanised on the morning of january 14 , 2014 due to complications from colic surgery . coolmore stud announced that the surgery revealed a severe strangulating colon torsion which led to the decision to euthanize on humane grounds . coolmore thanked the surgeons and the fethard hospital for tending care to the horse , and thanked everyone that had sent well wishes .
at the very least , next time you read or hear something ludicrous that aristotle is supposed to have said or believed , don’t trust it unless you can find a primary text in which aristotle actually said it . evidence before credence . _ _ _ _ _
plato founded a school of philosophy in athens known as the academy . there aristotle , plato’s younger contemporary and only rival in terms of influence on the course of western philosophy , went to study . aristotle was often fiercely critical of plato , and his writing is…
then , last march , her brazilian husband of 11 years , alvaro
doda
de miranda neto , was reportedly discovered by athina ' s security team in bed with another woman in their $ 2 million home in wellington , florida . doda ' s relationships with a number of women had been the topic of gossip in wellington horse circles throughout the winter .
when you speak of tradition in the world of morgans , there is no richer tradition than the one found the last week in july each year in northampton , mass . july 22 - 27 , 2002 marked the dates of the 63rd annual new england morgan horse show . it also marked the 50th anniversary of the show calling northampton’s three county fairgrounds its home .
––– , 2007 , “aristotle’s abstract ontology , ” newsletters for the society for ancient greek philosophy , 8 ( 2 ) : 12–23 .
bambrough , r . ( ed . ) , 1965 , new essays on plato and aristotle , london : routledge and kegan paul .
brook , angus , 2015 , “substance and the primary sense of being in aristotle , ” review of metaphysics , 68 : 521–544 .
grice , h . p . , 1988 , “aristotle on the multiplicity of being , ” pacific philosophical quarterly , 69 : 175–200 .
––– , 1984 , “what is aristotle’s theory of essence ? ” canadian journal of philosophy , suppl . vol . 10 : 89–132 .
––– , 2003 , “friend or foe ? some encounters with plato in aristotle’s metaphysics zeta , ” modern schoolman , 80 : 365–390 .
studtmann , paul , 2008 , “on the several senses of ‘form’ in aristotle , ” apeiron , 41 ( 3 ) : 1–26 .
verbeke , g . , 1981 , “aristotle’s metaphysics viewed by the ancient greek commentators , ” in o’meara 1981 , pp . 107–127 .
whiting , j . e . , 1986 , “form and individuation in aristotle , ” history of philosophy quarterly , 3 : 359–377 .
––– , 1994 , “the priority of actuality in aristotle , ” in scaltsas , charles , and gill 1994 , pp . 215–228 .
aristotle argues that form has a better claim on being ‘nature’—an internal principle of change—than does matter . what is his argument for this ?
aristotle says that we go about getting our first principles by induction ( epagoge in greek ) . what does he mean by this ?
one might have thought that this question had already been answered in the categories . there we were given , as examples of primary substances , an individual man or horse , and we learned that a primary substance is “what is neither in a subject nor said of a subject” ( 2a10 ) . this would seem to provide us with both examples of , and criteria for being , primary substances . but in metaphysics ζ , aristotle does not seem to take either the examples or the criteria for granted .
aristotle is considered to be the first scientist , and he started off a revolutionary way of thinking , which has shaped our daily lives . every thing we do and know in our modern way of life has something to do with scientific thought , which aristotle first introduced .
by far the most common example of aristotle getting something wrong is that he believed that heavier bodies fall quicker than lighter bodies . it is quite difficult to track down where aristotle said this as the claim is so familiar it is always uncited . it seems likely that for most people the source of this claim is galileo’s “a dialogue concerning two new sciences” in which he attributes words to aristotle which the philosopher seems never to have said . i could find two places where aristotle has made a similar claim and one is in “on the heavens” :
i think criticizing aristotle is a tradition that has roots in the struggle against many medieval scholars who turned him into a source of dogma , but that wasn’t aristotle’s fault . it would be similar to scholars 1000 years from now turning stephen hawking into a source of dogma .
aristotle ' s life was primarily that of a scholar . however , like the other ancient philosophers , it was not the stereotypical ivory tower existence . his father was court physician to amyntas iii of macedon , so aristotle grew up in a royal household . aristotle also knew philip of macedon ( son of amyntas iii ) and there is a tradition that says aristotle tutored philip’s son alexander , who would later be called
the great
after expanding the macedonian empire all the way to what is now india . clearly , aristotle had significant firsthand experience with politics , though scholars disagree about how much influence , if any , this experience had on aristotle ' s thought . there is certainly no evidence that alexander ' s subsequent career was much influenced by aristotle ' s teaching , which is uniformly critical of war and conquest as goals for human beings and which praises the intellectual , contemplative lifestyle . it is noteworthy that although aristotle praises the politically active life , he spent most of his own life in athens , where he was not a citizen and would not have been allowed to participate directly in politics ( although of course anyone who wrote as extensively and well about politics as aristotle did was likely to be politically influential ) .
plato had made some astounding conclusions . he deduced that we were living in the
sensory
world where everything was like a gingerbread man product of the
ideal
product , the perfect product . he said that the
ideal
horse came first , then came all the sensory world ' s horses , which weren ' t perfect , as he explains in his famous
everyone is invited to a reception at the american saddlebred museum at 4083 iron works parkway , lexington on tuesday , july 10 , 2018 from 5 : 00 to 7 : 00 p . m . the event is the first opportunity to experience the museum’s newly renovated gift shop and gallery and featured exhibit red mile reminisces : a look back at the lexington junior league horse show .
this criticism of aristotle is often repeated and unreflectively accepted due to the reputation of bertrand russell . edward de bono embroidered upon this theme :
let me just add that wasn’t questioning authority the whole point of the essay ? why take someone else’s word for what aristotle said when you can go and read aristotle for yourself ? you will learn so much more by studying primary sources whether it be an author or nature .
and , no , aristotle did not assert the females in general have fewer teeth than males , as i point out in my essay .
berti , e . , 2001 , “multiplicity and unity of being in aristotle , ” proceedings of the aristotelian society , 101 : 185–207 .
––– , 2003 , “the relation between books zeta and eta of aristotle’s metaphysics , ” oxford studies in ancient philosophy , 25 : 159–211 .
––– , 1994 , “aristotle’s notion of potentiality in metaphysics θ , ” in scaltsas , charles , and gill 1994 , pp . 173–194 .
koslicki , kathrin , 2006 , “aristotle’s mereology and the status of form , ” journal of philosophy , 103 ( 12 ) : 715–736 .
––– , 1994 , “the activity of being in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” in scaltsas , charles , and gill 1994 , pp . 195–213 .
makin , stephen , 2004 , “what does aristotle mean by priority in substance ? ” oxford studies in ancient philosophy , 24 : 209–238 .
––– , 1991 , “container metaphysics according to aristotle’s greek commentators , ” canadian journal of philosophy , supp . vol . 17 : 7–23 .
pena , lorenzo , 1999 , “the coexistence of contradictory properties in the same subject according to aristotle , ” apeiron , 32 : 203–229 .
––– , 1989c , substance and essence in aristotle : an interpretation of metaphysics vii - ix , ithaca , ny : cornell university press .
100 aristotle 87 plato 74 kant 51 descartes 46 hegel 39 aquinas 37 locke 36 hume 27 spinoza 27 leibniz 26 socrates 24 schopenhauer 21 berkeley 20 nietszche 19 hobbes 18 russell 17 rousseau 17 plotinus 17 ficht it is clear that aristotle and plato stand head and shoulders above the rest .
, aristotle maintains that the arguments of plato’s central dialogues establish only that there are , in addition to particulars , certain common objects of the sciences . in his surviving works as well , aristotle often takes issue with the theory of forms , sometimes politely and sometimes contemptuously . in his
china visit will now be trained for royal ascot ' s st james ' s palace stakes , while his stablemates curule and chief seattle will be aimed at the last leg of the american triple crown , and a pre - 2 , 000 guineas theory that the best turf three - year - old around was actually racing in america will be tested . china visit may prove to be just that but he will be some horse to erase the memory of king ' s best ' s defeat of giant ' s causeway on saturday . confidence in the irish horse saw his price tumble from a morning 9 to 2 to 3 to 1 and over three hours before the race , one fearful bookmaker reported :
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athina and doda ' s separation has begun to play out on the equestrian fields as well . in august , doda competed in the olympics wearing the brazilian flag ( he finished fifth with team brazil and tied for ninth as an individual ) , and athina was in valkenswaard , the netherlands , competing under the flag of greece in the 12th leg of the global champions tour season . doda rode his favorite horse , cornetto k , in rio , and he planned to ride the 10 - year - old dark brown gelding again at the nations cup finals in barcelona in september . but when he arrived at the stables in belgium , he discovered that he would not be able to ride—or even see—the horse . the ownership of the steed is now to be decided by a belgian court .
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the reason why the glaring errors in aristotle were overlooked is that plutocrats , for the next 23 centuries , saw in him the highest , mock - intellectual , pseudo - sophisticated justification for what they were doing , stealing power from most of we the people . plutocracy was aristotle’s baby .
the first major work in the history of philosophy to bear the title “metaphysics” was the treatise by aristotle that we have come to know by that name . but aristotle himself did not use that title or even describe his field of study as ‘metaphysics’ ; the name was evidently coined by the first century c . e . editor who assembled the treatise we know as aristotle’s metaphysics out of various smaller selections of aristotle’s works . the title ‘metaphysics’—literally , ‘after the physics ’—very likely indicated the place the topics discussed therein were intended to occupy in the philosophical curriculum . they were to be studied after the treatises dealing with nature ( ta phusika ) . in this entry , we discuss the ideas that are developed in aristotle’s treatise .
driscoll , j . , 1981 , “ eidê in aristotle’s earlier and later theories of substance , ” in o’meara 1981 , pp . 129–159 .
––– , 1994b , “the definition of generated composites in aristotle’s metaphysics , ” in scaltsas , charles , and gill 1994 , pp . 291–318 .
grene , m . , 1974 , “is genus to species as matter to form ? aristotle and taxonomy , ” synthèse , 28 : 51–69 .
leblond , j . m . , 1979 , “aristotle on definition , ” in barnes , schofield , and sorabji 1979 , pp . 63–79 .
lesher , james h . , 1971 , “aristotle on form , substance , and universals : a dilemma , ” phronesis , 16 : 169–178 .
mcpartland , keith , 2013 , “on an attempt to resolve an inconsistency in aristotle’s account of inherence , ” ancient philosophy , 33 : 375–390 .
stein , nathanael , 2012 , “causal necessity in aristotle , ” british journal for the history of philosophy , 20 ( 5 ) : 855–879 .
she inherited her grandfather aristotle ' s vast fortune , but all the houses and horses in the world couldn ' t break the family curse .
the blinkers stayed on for ekraar’s first two starts in 2000 , but came off after that – and their shedding coincided with the horse returning to form . he duly landed a hat - trick , winning a conditions race over 10 furlongs at newbury and group three races at haydock at goodwood . the latter victory was particularly good , as he took the select stakes over 10 furlongs by five lengths .
secondly , most people who read aristotle are not reading him in the original attic greek but are instead reading translations . this leads to further disagreement , because different authors translate aristotle differently , and the way in which a particular word is translated can be very significant for the text as a whole . there is no way to definitively settle the question of what aristotle
really meant to say
in using a particular word or phrase .


gekkoninae is a diverse subfamily of the family gekkonidae , geckos .

it has the most species and genera — over 850 species in 57 genera .

hemidactylus and cyrtodactylus together account for 185 species .

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subfamily gekkoninae ( geckos ) geckos that may or may not have adhesive toe pads . they usually have spectacles over their eyes and granular skin ( often with small tubercles ) . they occur throughout the world in the tropics , subtropics , and deserts . 77 genera and over 800 species are known . …
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the gekkota is a monophyletic clade containing the familiar geckoes , as well as the pygopodids - a group of limbless lizards commonly referred to as australasian legless lizards . to learn more about their place in squamate phylogeny , please return to the squamata main page .
diversity and lower taxonomy traditionally ( e . g . estes et al . 1988 ) , the geckoes and pygopodids have been divided into two distinct families , as follows :
family gekkonidae ( geckoes ) - comprising approximately 1180 species of gecko divided between five subfamilies .
family pygopodidae - 39 species of pygopodid divided between seven genera in two subfamilies .
nonetheless , gekkotan interrelationships are by no means fully resolved , and not all researchers agree with a nested position for pygopodidae . more recently , a molecular study conducted by jonniaux & kumazawa ( 2008 ) proposed that the subfamilies eublepharinae and aeluroscalabotinae form a distinct family , eublepharidae , that is siter to gekonidae ( containing the three remaining traditional gekkonid genera ) , and in turn this clade is sister to pygopodidae . this molecular - based grouping is interesting as it corroborates certain morphological differences between these groups ( see descriptions section below ) .
it is useful to describe the appearance and morphology of geckoes and pygopodids separately , as they are clearly distinct . bear in mind , however , that it is possible that the pygopodids evolved within the geckoes . if this is the case , then pygopodids are in fact geckoes themselves , and may have secondarily lost many gekkotan features in favour of specialisation for a burrowing mode of life . consequently , the term ' gecko ' below refers to an informal ( i . e . , not phylogenetic ) grouping meaning ' any non - pygopodid gekkotan ' .
are a small group of average sized ( 7 - 25 cm s - v ) limbless lizards , feeding mainly on insects and some lizards . they are slender and elongate , with no traces of pectoral skeleton . the pelvic girdle is , however , still present in part , and the hindlimbs persist as vestigial scaly flaps . the majority of pygopodids are diurnal , but paradelma orientalis , as well as subsepecies of pygopus nigriceps are nocturnal . like most geckoes , they are oviparous .
are distributed worldwide , and are most speciose in the tropics , subtropics , and deserts . they are either terrestrial or arboreal .
are found in australia , with lialis also present in indonesia . while two genera , aprasia and ophidiocephalus , are burrowing , the majority inhabit grass and litter .
- of the 91 species of gecko listed in the iucn red list , the majority ( 52 species ) have been assessed as least concern ( lc ) . two species ( lepidoblepharis montecanoensis and phelsuma antanosy ) are critically endangered ( cr ) , while four are endangered ( en ) , ten are vulnerable ( vu ) , and eleven are near threatened ( nt ) . the remainder ( 10 species ) are data deficient ( dd ) .
- the conservation status of seven pygopodid species has been assessed by the iucn . all but one are vulnerable ( vu ) , and the other is near threatened ( nt ) .
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