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Quotation from Meteorology by Aristotle
“Metaphors are poetical and so that expression of his may satisfy the requirements of a poem, but as a scientific theory it is unsatisfactory”
Meteorology, Book II, Part 3, trans. E. W. Webster (1923)
Aristotle's verdict on Empedocles' phrase 'the sweat of the earth' for the sea.
Citation: "Metaphors are poetical and so that expression of his may satisfy the requirements of a poem, but as a scientific theory it is unsatisfactory" — Aristotle, Meteorology, Book II, Part 3, trans. E. W. Webster (1923). (id aristotle-meteorology-q5)
