By focusing on the concept of ‘complexion’ in the major medieval Latin commentaries on Aristotle’s so-called De animalibus, this paper identifies and analyzes a case of the use of the concept of ‘complexion’ outside the medical context or, more precisely, at the intersection of natural philosophy and medicine. The preliminary survey undertaken in this paper suggests that ‘complexion’ was a key concept of the De animalibus tradition, i.e., the principle used to explain, in a unified manner, the issues at stake in the medieval scientia de animalibus. The paper further reflects on the reasons why the notion of ‘complexion’ could have served as an organizational principle of the themes treated in the De animalibus commentaries and on the role that the earliest medieval commentaries on the De animalibus themselves could have played in shaping some of the prominent features of the medieval conceptualization of ‘complexion.’

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中世纪晚期拉丁语 De Animalibus 中的 Complexio

通过关注中世纪主要拉丁语对亚里士多德所谓的“肤色”的评论中的“肤色”概念动物性，本文识别并分析了一个使用“肤色”概念的案例外部医学背景，或更准确地说，自然哲学和医学的交叉点。本文进行的初步调查表明，“肤色”是一个关键概念。动物性传统，即用于以统一方式解释中世纪所涉问题的原则动物科学。本文进一步反思了“肤色”概念可以作为《论语》中所处理主题的组织原则的原因。动物性最早的中世纪评论动物性它们本身可能在塑造中世纪“肤色”概念的一些突出特征中发挥了作用。