"It is not necessary to ask whether the soul and its body are one, just as we do not ask about wax and its shape."
— Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
Author
Work Title
Date
350 B.C.
Metaphor
"It is not necessary to ask whether the soul and its body are one, just as we do not ask about wax and its shape."
Metaphor in Context
It is not necessary to ask whether the soul and its body are one, just as we do not ask about wax and its shape.
(412b6-7)
(412b6-7)
Categories
Provenance
Reading the Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy (210)
Citation
Aristotle. Introduction to Aristotle. Trans. McKeon, R. Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press: 1973.
Date of Entry
04/19/2004
