Ciencia y moral: Eliano desde Aristóteles y a la luz del estoicismo y la “zoofilia” moderna

This paper is a study of the De natura animalium of Aelian under the influence received, mainly, from the Aristotle in his biological and ethics works as well as from the Stoics. In this ideological setting the author analyzes in detail the moral qualities of the irrational beings in the Aelian's work. The investigation ends with a comparison about moral consideration of animals between the propositions of Aelian and the modern and contemporary authors