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Quotation from Meteorology by Aristotle
“Ripening is a sort of concoction; for we call it ripening when there is a concoction of the nutriment in fruit”
Meteorology, Book IV, Part 3, trans. E. W. Webster (1923)
Aristotle defines ripening and extends the term to the 'ripening' of boils and phlegm in the body.
Citation: "Ripening is a sort of concoction; for we call it ripening when there is a concoction of the nutriment in fruit" — Aristotle, Meteorology, Book IV, Part 3, trans. E. W. Webster (1923). (id aristotle-meteorology-q10)
