The soul is to the body as a scent is to the flower.
— Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)
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Work Title
Metaphor
The soul is to the body as a scent is to the flower.
Metaphor in Context
"Epicurus had likened the soul to its body as a scent to a flower."
(p. 327)
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Provenance
Reading Paul S. MacDonald. History of the Concept of Mind: Speculations About Soul, Mind and Spirit from Homer to Hume. Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate, 2003. p. 327.
Citation
MacDonald, Paul S. History of the Concept of Mind: Speculations About Soul, Mind and Spirit from Homer to Hume. Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003.
Date of Entry
10/10/2003
Date of Review
05/14/2007
