Introduction Sophia M. Connell; 1. Biology and Theology in Aristotle's Theoretical and Practical Sciences Monte Ransome Johnson; 2. The Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle's Biology Karel Thein; 3. Aristotle's Biology and Early Medicine Hynek Bartos; 4. Empiricism and Hearsay in Aristotle's Zoological Collection of Facts Mariska Leunissen; 5. Parts of Animals Book 1 on Methods of Inquiry Devin Henry; 6. Teleological Perspectives in Aristotle's Biology Jessica Gelber; 7. Aristotle's Biological Metaphysics Charlotte Witt; 8. Life-cycles and the Actions of Nutritive Soul in Aristotle R. A. H. King; 9. Aristotle on Animal Generation and Hereditary Resemblance Sophia M. Connell; 10. The Science of Perception in Aristotle Cynthia Freeland; 11. Aristotle's Theory of Animal Agency and the Problem of Self-motion Klaus Corcillus; 12. Animal Cognition in Aristotle Sophia M. Connell; 13. Elements of Biology in Aristotle's Political Science Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi; 14. The Early Reception of Aristotle's Biology Myrto Hatzimichali; 15. The Reception of Aristotle's Biology in Late Antiquity and Beyond Andrea Falcon; 16. Aristotelian Teleology and Philosophy of Biology in the Darwinian Era David Depew; 17. Aristotle and Contemporary Biology Denis Walsh; Afterword James G. Lennox.

Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle's biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.