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Parva Naturalia

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Parva Naturalia

by Aristotle

English· 4:28:53· 14 chapters
Parva Naturalia [the "short treatises on nature" (a conventional Latin title first used by Giles of Rome)] is a collection of books by Aristotle, which discuss natural phenomena involving the body and the soul. The books are as follows:


I - On Sensation and the Sensible

II - On Memory and Recollection

III - On Sleeping and Waking

IV - On Dreams

V - On Prophecy in Sleep

VI - On Longevity and Shortness of Life

VII - On Youth and Old Age, Life and Death

VIII - On Respiration ( Summary Adapted from Wikipedia )

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    On Sensation and the Sensible - Chapters 1-2

    16:07
  2. Chapter 2

    On Sensation and the Sensible - Chapters 3-4

    21:38
  3. Chapter 3

    On Sensation and the Sensible - Chapters 5-6

    23:12
  4. Chapter 4

    On Sensation and the Sensible - Chapter 7

    15:38
  5. Chapter 5

    On Memory and Recollection - Chapters 1-2

    26:40
  6. Chapter 6

    On Sleeping and Waking - Chapters 1-3

    31:39
  7. Chapter 7

    On Dreams - Chapters 1-3

    25:11
  8. Chapter 8

    On Prophecy in Sleep - Chapters 1-2

    12:30
  9. Chapter 9

    On Longevity and Shortness of Life - Chapters 1-6

    18:18
  10. Chapter 10

    On Youth and Old Age, Life and Death - Chapters 1-6

    18:13
  11. Chapter 11

    On Respiration - Chapters 1-4

    12:05
  12. Chapter 12

    On Respiration - Chapters 5-9

    16:54
  13. Chapter 13

    On Respiration - Chapters 10-14

    14:11
  14. Chapter 14

    On Respiration - Chapters 15-21

    16:37