II. ii. 'Why no such thing occurs in plants or animals.'

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No such cataclysm takes place in the parts of plants and animals, but it does in all other things, and particularly in earthenware vessels, in glass and the metals. For in a body that contains finely divided particles, it is usual for the evaporation to rise; for the air makes it light. We quite often see this when we throw gold or some other heavy substance into water, and it immediately sinks to the bottom; on the other hand; when we throw in thin or small wood, it floats and does not sink. The failure of the wood to sink is not due to its leaves, for in many cases it does sink, nor because its material is heavy, but it is because the latter is solid and compact, while the former is finely divided; what is finely divided can never sink entirely. Ebony and substances like ebony sink, because there is little fineness in them; nor do they contain air which can lighten them. But they sink because their parts are extremely compact and solid.

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released September 14, 2022
Lyrics - Aristotle's "on plants" from The Loeb Classical Library.
Translated by W. S. Hett, M.A.

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