“Galen , in the third section of his book, "The Use of the Limbs," says correctly that it would be in vain to expect to see living beings formed of the blood of menstruous women and the semen virile, who will not die, will never feel pain, or will move perpetually, or shine like the sun. This dictum of Galen is part of the following more general proposition: Whatever is formed of matter receives the most perfect form possible in that species of matter; in each individual case the defects are in accordance with that individual matter.” FeelsBookMatterUseWould BePainMovingFormDiesIndividualPerfectCasesSunBloodThirdsShiningSpeciesFollowingVainSectionsPropositionsDefectsLimbsGalen Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed
“We move too much in platoons; we march by sections; we do not live in our vital individuality enough; we are slaves to fashion, in mind and in heart, if not to our passions and appetites.” IfsMindHeartEnoughMovingPassionToo MuchFashionSlaveIndividualityMarchAppetiteSections Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin