Monday, October 16, 2006

Atomism as Pieces of the Soul

" If the body were to bring suit against the soul for all the pains and ill-treatment it had received from her, and if I myself were the judge in the case, I would take pleasure in finding the soul guilty, on the ground that she had gravely injured the body by her heedlessness, had dissolved it with drunken revels, and corrupted and torn it apart by her lust for pleasure - in the same way that I would blame one who handled carelessly some valuable but fragile instrument."

Democritus

1 comment:

Homie Bear said...

And he didn't even know about polysaturated trans fats and bad cholesterol and smog and secondhand smoke and . . .