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Quotation from On the Motion and Gait of Animals by Aristotle
“the animal organism must be conceived after the similitude of a well-governed commonwealth”
On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Motion of Animals, ch. 10, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912)
The soul resides in a central governing place and the parts do their work by natural order, as citizens do in a city where no ruler need stand over every task.
Citation: "the animal organism must be conceived after the similitude of a well-governed commonwealth" — Aristotle, On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Motion of Animals, ch. 10, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912). (id aristotle-movement-and-progression-of-animals-q5)
