Ko da yake da yawa pre-Socratic masana falsafa tambayi tambayoyi da yawa game da rayuwa amma samar da kadan tsari da ilmi na musamman nazarin halittu sha'awa, Aristotle, ko da yake yunkurin da atomists don bayyana rayuwa a cikin kawai jiki sharuddan zai maimaita lokaci-lokaci ta hanyar tarihin ilmin halitta. Duk da haka, da kiwon lafiya da ka'idojin Hippocrates da mabiyansa, musamman ma humorism, yana da m tasiri. Falsafa Aristotle shi ne mafi m masanin na rai duniya daga gargajiya zamanin d ̄ a. Ko da yake da farko aikinsa a halitta falsafa ya hasashe, Aristotle ta daga baya nazarin halittu rubuce-rubuce sun kasance mafi empirical, mayar da hankali a kan kwayoyin causation da kuma bambancin rayuwa.
Theophrastus