"Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle, that the Spermatick Faculty is incorporeal, as the Mind is which moves the Body, but the effused Matter is corporeal."
— Plutarch (c. 46-120)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
William Taylor
Date
1718
Metaphor
"Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle, that the Spermatick Faculty is incorporeal, as the Mind is which moves the Body, but the effused Matter is corporeal."
Metaphor in Context
Chapter IV. Whether the Sperm be a Body
Lausippus and Zeno, 'tis a Body, and it is a Fragment of the Soul. Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle, that the Spermatick Faculty is incorporeal, as the Mind is which moves the Body, but the effused Matter is corporeal.
(V.iv, p. 207)
Lausippus and Zeno, 'tis a Body, and it is a Fragment of the Soul. Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle, that the Spermatick Faculty is incorporeal, as the Mind is which moves the Body, but the effused Matter is corporeal.
(V.iv, p. 207)
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Citation
Text from "Plutarch's Giving an Account of those Sentiments Concerning Nature with which Philosophers were Delighted; Contained in Five Books," trans. John Dowel from Plutarch's Morals: Translated from the Greek by Several Hands, 5th ed., vol. 3 of 5 (London: Printed for William Taylor, 1718). <Link to Google Books>
See also Liberty Fund edition, digitized from Plutarch’s Morals. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. Corrected and Revised by William W. Goodwin, with an Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 5 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1878). This 1878 American edition is based on the 5th edition of 1718. <Link to OLL>
See also Liberty Fund edition, digitized from Plutarch’s Morals. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. Corrected and Revised by William W. Goodwin, with an Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 5 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1878). This 1878 American edition is based on the 5th edition of 1718. <Link to OLL>
Date of Entry
01/25/2012
