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Quotation from Parts of Animals by Aristotle
“we must conclude that man does not owe his superior intelligence to his hands, but his hands to his superior intelligence”
Parts of Animals, Book IV, Part 10, trans. William Ogle (1911, Oxford)
Aristotle's reply to Anaxagoras, based on the principle that nature gives organs to those who can use them.
Citation: "we must conclude that man does not owe his superior intelligence to his hands, but his hands to his superior intelligence" — Aristotle, Parts of Animals, Book IV, Part 10, trans. William Ogle (1911, Oxford). (id aristotle-parts-of-animals-q5)
