Quotes · Quote card

Quotation from Posterior Analytics and Physics by Aristotle

“But induction is impossible for those who have not sense-perception.”

Aristotle

Posterior Analytics and Physics, Posterior Analytics I.18 (81b), trans. G. R. G. Mure (1928)

Portrait of Aristotle

Part of the argument that the loss of a sense entails the loss of a corresponding portion of knowledge.

Citation: "But induction is impossible for those who have not sense-perception." — Aristotle, Posterior Analytics and Physics, Posterior Analytics I.18 (81b), trans. G. R. G. Mure (1928). (id aristotle-posterior-analytics-and-physics-q2)

Portrait: Aristotle Altemps Inv8575, After Lysippos, Public domain.

Download card (PNG)

Quote card: But induction is impossible for those who have not sense-perception.