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Quotation from On the Motion and Gait of Animals by Aristotle
“And so man, the only erect animal, has legs longer and stouter relatively to the upper parts of his body than any other animal with legs”
On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Gait of Animals, ch. 11, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912)
Part of the argument that an upright animal must be lighter above and heavier below, supported by the observation that small children cannot yet walk erect.
Citation: "And so man, the only erect animal, has legs longer and stouter relatively to the upper parts of his body than any other animal with legs" — Aristotle, On the Motion and Gait of Animals, Gait of Animals, ch. 11, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson (1912). (id aristotle-movement-and-progression-of-animals-q7)
