Aristotle: The Philosopher as Scientist
The Complete History of Science
00:00
Aristotle's Scientific Objectiveity
Aristotle's most influential mistake was endorsing the idea of spontaneous generation. He suggested that these animals were instead generated spontaneously from non-living matter. His system is based on a nested hierarchy and bears more than a passing resemblance to what we would recognise from Linnaean systems. Next time we'll return with an episode on another of the great scientific figures of antiquity, Czechoslovakia.
Play episode from 21:31
Transcript
