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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The Blood of Goats will Shatter Diamonds

                                                          Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippos,

                                                                  c. 330 BC, with modern alabaster mantle


Aristotle once said that the fresh warm blood of a goat would shatter a diamond.  It's a famous quote, but why I don't know.  I can't find what it means on google.  

It's nonsense, is it not?  Diamonds don't shatter.  They can only be cut with diamond precision tools, certainly not a liquid.  

What did Aristotle mean?  

How would anyone test this?  Diamonds aren't readily available.  Who would kill a goat and pour its blood over a diamond.  

This is just nonsense.  We don't have the context that Aristotle was using.  Maybe he was using it as a simile.  

Trying to empty the ocean of salt is akin to shattering a diamond with the fresh warm blood of a goat.

Well?


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