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Quotation from On the Motion and Gait of Animals by Aristotle
“each animal as a whole must have within itself a point at rest”
On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Motion of Animals, ch. 1, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912)
The conclusion of the opening argument from joints: the elbow, shoulder, knee and hip each stay fixed while the limb below them moves.
Citation: "each animal as a whole must have within itself a point at rest" — Aristotle, On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Motion of Animals, ch. 1, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912). (id aristotle-movement-and-progression-of-animals-q1)
