Väldigt mycket av detta är frågor som Aristoteles skrivit ned men inte hittat adekvata svar på. Andra delar är reflektioner över andras filosofi. Den enda del som egentligen är värdefull är Om Melissus. Om fantastiska rykten kan i och för sig rekommenderas för fantasyförfattare, och om odelbara linjer för logiker, men eftersom huvuddelen av texten består av hans problemskrifter kan jag inte rekommendera boken för generella läsare.

On Melissus Xenophanes and Gorgias

You thought Jeff Feuerzeig's 2005 documentary The Devil & Daniel Johnston was the quote-unquote "longest, scariest commercial for Mountain Dew I've ever seen", but this Greek dude Aristotle's book On Plants is even longer and scarier than that. It doesn't explicitly name Mountain Dew but I understand the subtle machinations in its text. Just trust me.

But seriously, I learned from this book that "worms are bred in snow" and that threw me for a bit of a loop. They are?? Who says?

Also, setting aside language and time period, imagine if Aristotle wrote On Plants today, word-for-word, and it were wildly popular; but still somehow, a little scientifically dubious. He'd go on NPR to discuss his botanical theories and defend them against the opposing viewpoints that had thousands of years behind them. Who's to say who's right? It's interesting anyway. Damn.