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Quotation from Meteorology by Aristotle
“But the theory of the Phaedo about rivers and the sea is impossible”
Meteorology, Book II, Part 2, trans. E. W. Webster (1923)
Aristotle opens his refutation of the myth of Tartarus from Plato's Phaedo, treating it as a physical claim about the source of all waters.
Citation: "But the theory of the Phaedo about rivers and the sea is impossible" — Aristotle, Meteorology, Book II, Part 2, trans. E. W. Webster (1923). (id aristotle-meteorology-q4)
