Aristotle's attempt as opposed to Plato's "mathematics" to apply similarity to changing objects. Socrates not interested in mathematics but rather to see from observations coming up with proper definitions. Aristotle's Principles that govern conduct----functional matter theory: genus vs differentiae --definitions are really arguments and they are based on induction and ultimately comparison. On emotions, Aristotle indicates that emotions proceed by induction followed by deduction...
Aristotle a veteran taxonomer so his is the first rational treatment of emotion. Compared to Darwin, Aristotle's approach is different as it reflects the difference between classical scinence and Newtonian science. Gillispies observes that Aristotle perceived from experience
Induction presumes hypothesis, which is an irony of induction. The truth is we always frame things even when we presume to be professional.
How useful is Darwin as a rhetorician?
pg. 261 about why someone who is guilty avoids looking at the accuser...Darwin uses rhetoric to inscribe nature
Darwin succeeds in creating waves with his Origin because he uses every form of evidence at his disposal: he observes, argues, compares, infers and describes the results of experiments he has read about, or in many cases, personally conducted. He expounds natural selection along with ideas such as sexual selection that males in many species are burdened with showy ornaments like enormous tails because the females of their species have, by repeatedly picking the showiest males as their mates, caused them to evolve them that way (NYTimes).
Newtonian Darwin
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