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Quotation from On Generation and Corruption by Aristotle
“That is why a drop of wine does not 'combine' with ten thousand gallons of water”
On Generation and Corruption, Book I, ch. 10, trans. H. H. Joachim (1922)
The illustration of a lesser ingredient absorbed into a dominant one rather than forming a true mixture.
Citation: "That is why a drop of wine does not 'combine' with ten thousand gallons of water" — Aristotle, On Generation and Corruption, Book I, ch. 10, trans. H. H. Joachim (1922). (id aristotle-on-generation-and-corruption-q2)
