This volume investigates the biological and mechanical principles underlying animal locomotion as presented in Aristotle's De Motu Animalium. The editors, Christof Rapp and Oliver Primavesi, compile scholarly contributions from the 19th Symposium Aristotelicum to analyze the intersection of Aristotelian physics, psychology, and biology. The text provides a rigorous framework for understanding how Aristotle conceptualized the transition from desire and perception to physical movement in living organisms.

Experts regard this volume as a definitive resource for advanced students and scholars of Aristotelian thought. Readers frequently note the high academic density of the prose and the precision of the critical apparatus provided by the editors.