"Voice is a kind of sound characteristic of what has soul in it; nothing that is without soul utters voice, it being only by a metaphor that we speak of the voice of a flute or the lyre or generally of what (being without soul) possesses the power of producing a succession of notes which differ in length and pitch and timbre."
— Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
Author
Work Title
Date
w. 350 B.C.
Metaphor
"Voice is a kind of sound characteristic of what has soul in it; nothing that is without soul utters voice, it being only by a metaphor that we speak of the voice of a flute or the lyre or generally of what (being without soul) possesses the power of producing a succession of notes which differ in length and pitch and timbre."
Metaphor in Context
Voice is a kind of sound characteristic of what has soul in it; nothing that is without soul utters voice, it being only by a metaphor that we speak of the voice of a flute or the lyre or generally of what (being without soul) possesses the power of producing a succession of notes which differ in length and pitch and timbre. The metaphor is based on the fact that all these differences are also found in voice.
(420b5-10, pp. 204-5)
(420b5-10, pp. 204-5)
Provenance
Reading On the Soul
Citation
Some text from The Complete Works of Aristotle, The Revised Oxford Translation, ed. Jonathan Barnes (Princeton UP,1984).
Reading in Aristotle, Introduction to Aristotle, trans. R. McKeon. (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1973).
Reading in Aristotle, Introduction to Aristotle, trans. R. McKeon. (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1973).
Date of Entry
06/12/2003
Date of Review
10/22/2003
