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Quotation from Generation of Animals by Aristotle

“This is why there is always a class of men and animals and plants”

Aristotle

Generation of Animals, Book II, Ch. 1 (731b), trans. Arthur Platt (1910)

Following the argument that individuals cannot be eternal but species can share in eternity through generation.

Citation: "This is why there is always a class of men and animals and plants" — Aristotle, Generation of Animals, Book II, Ch. 1 (731b), trans. Arthur Platt (1910). (id aristotle-generation-of-animals-q4)

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