On Generation and Corruption

Aristotle (384 BCE - 322 BCE)
Translated by Harold Joachim (1868 - 1938)

On Generation and Corruption (Ancient Greek: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, Latin: De Generatione et Corruptione, also known as On Coming to Be and Passing Away) is a treatise by Aristotle. Like many of his texts, it is both scientific and philosophic (although not necessarily scientific in the modern sense). The philosophy, though, is essentially empirical; as in all Aristotle's works, the deductions made about the unexperienced and unobservable are based on observations and real experiences. The question raised at the beginning of the text builds on an idea from Aristotle's earlier work The Physics. Namely, whether things come into being through causes, through some prime material, or whether everything is generated purely through "alteration." From this important work Aristotle gives us two of his most remembered contributions. First, the Four Causes and also the Four Elements (earth, wind, fire and water). (Summary Adapted from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), *Non-fiction, Nature

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Book I Chapters 1-2 Geoffrey Edwards
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Play 02 Book I Chapters 3-4 Geoffrey Edwards
00:25:19
Play 03 Book I Chapters 5-6 Geoffrey Edwards
00:29:25
Play 04 Book I Chapters 7-8 Geoffrey Edwards
00:28:48
Play 05 Book I Chapter 9-10 Geoffrey Edwards
00:17:25
Play 06 Book II Chapters 1-5 Geoffrey Edwards
00:34:16
Play 07 Book II Chapters 6-9 Geoffrey Edwards
00:24:44
Play 08 Book II Chapters 10-11 Geoffrey Edwards
00:23:10