 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Commentators on great philosophers always politely ignore their silly remarks. Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in the North, and that if people marry too young the children will be female. He tells us that the blood of females is blacker than that of males; that the pig is the only animal liable to measles; that an elephant suffering from insomnia should have its shoulders rubbed with salt, olive-oil, and warm water; that women have fewer teeth than men, and so on.
Source: Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1943)
Reprinted in: Unpopular Essays, 1950
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