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Quotation from Parva Naturalia (Short Treatises on Nature) by Aristotle
“Hence in old age death is painless, for no violent disturbance is required to cause death”
Parva Naturalia (Short Treatises on Nature), On Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On Breathing, Part 23, trans. G. R. T. Ross (1908)
The heart's remaining heat in old age is compared to a tiny flame that the slightest movement extinguishes.
Citation: "Hence in old age death is painless, for no violent disturbance is required to cause death" — Aristotle, Parva Naturalia (Short Treatises on Nature), On Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On Breathing, Part 23, trans. G. R. T. Ross (1908). (id aristotle-parva-naturalia-q8)
