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Quotation from On the Motion and Gait of Animals by Aristotle
“so we shudder and are frightened at a mere idea”
On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Motion of Animals, ch. 7, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912)
Imagination and conception change the body's quality as the real objects would, which is why ideas alone produce bodily effects.
Citation: "so we shudder and are frightened at a mere idea" — Aristotle, On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Motion of Animals, ch. 7, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912). (id aristotle-movement-and-progression-of-animals-q4)
