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belly 3
belongs 2
below 3
bend 20
bending 5
bends 9
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21 backwards
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21 more
20 bend
20 four
20 his
20 too
Aristotle
On the Gait of Animals

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bend

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1 9 | equal, the one at rest must bend either at the knee or, if 2 9 | that which moves cannot bend it will either fall forward 3 9 | goes forward therefore must bend, and while bending one, 4 10| like other limbs be able to bend at the point of attachment. 5 12| and birds, both bipeds, bend their legs in opposite directions, 6 12| further that quadrupeds bend their in opposite directions, 7 12| to a man’s limbs. For men bend their arms backwards, their 8 12| in like manner also birds bend theirs. The reason is that 9 12| set forth, but his arms bend backwards reasonably enough. 10 12| also viviparous necessarily bend their front legs forwards. 11 12| body. The reason that they bend forward is the same as in 12 12| quadrupeds as well as men bend these legs forward in the 13 12| better for their legs to bend thus when they are suckling 14 13| pairs. Fore and hind may bend either both backwards, as 15 13| as in C where the fore bend forwards and the hind bend 16 13| bend forwards and the hind bend backwards, or as in D, the 17 14| is the way then the limbs bend, and for the reasons given. 18 15| 15~Birds bend their legs in the same way 19 15| sprawls over the ground, and bend them obliquely. The reason 20 15| view of this they cannot bend them otherwise than outwards.~


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