. Biology and its makers : with portraits and other illustrations. Biology -- History. i6 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS (23-79 ), the Roman general and litterateur (Fig. 2). His works on natural history, filling thirty-seven volumes, have been preserved with greater completeness than those of other ancient writers. Their overwhelming bulk seems to have produced an impression upon those who, in the nine- teenth centur}', heralded him as the greatest naturalist of. Fig. 2.—Pliny, 23-79 ^^^^ antiquity. But an examination of his writings shows that he did nothing to deepen or broaden the knowledge of
. Biology and its makers : with portraits and other illustrations. Biology -- History. i6 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS (23-79 ), the Roman general and litterateur (Fig. 2). His works on natural history, filling thirty-seven volumes, have been preserved with greater completeness than those of other ancient writers. Their overwhelming bulk seems to have produced an impression upon those who, in the nine- teenth centur}', heralded him as the greatest naturalist of. Fig. 2.—Pliny, 23-79 ^^^^ antiquity. But an examination of his writings shows that he did nothing to deepen or broaden the knowledge of nature, and his Natural History marks a distinct retrograde movement. He was, at best, merely a compiler—'*a collector of anec- dotes "—who, forsaking observation, indiscriminately mixed fable, fact, and fancy taken from the writings of others. He emphasized the feature of classification which Aristotle had held in proper subordination, and he replaced the clas-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York : Henry Holt
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