Voice as Difference in Aristotelian Zoology

Abstract

The Aristotelian treatment of animal voice reveals a significant wealth of philosophical issues and methodological approaches. The capability to emit voice, in fact, concerns different aspects of animal life, which Aristotle studies both from the point of view of the different aspects of the soul’s activity involved in phonation, and from the point of view of the bodily parts in control of voice emission and articulation. This paper attempts to provide a general survey of these issues.

Keywords

• Aristotle
• zoology
• method
• animal life
• soul
• psychology