Quote: relying on the authority of Aristotle despite contradictory experience is like making an oracle out of a log of wood; e.g., nerves originating in the heart

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[Sagreto about a demonstration by a Venetian doctor:] The anatomist showed that the great trunk … then branched out through the whole body, and … a gentleman whom he know to be a … he asked this man whether he was at … The philosopher … answered: "You have made me see this matter … the nerves originate in the heart, I should … But what you say [about the lack of knowledge] does not in … adduced no experiment or argument of Aristotle's, but … [p. 112] Now what is this but to make … it, revere it, and adore it?   Google-1   Google-2

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