Description: This book examines the early modern science of generation, analyzing its influences on contemporary philosophical questions.
Review Quotes: "This rich volume aims at helping historians "to gain a fresh perspective on some of the basic problems of early modern philosophy," by studying how these problems manifest themselves in discussions of animal generation.... the volume can easily be recommended to historians of early modern philosophy and experts alike."
--S a n d e r W. d e B o e r, Journal of the History of Philosophy