Some Aristotle Wax

If an object merely appears as an axe

(if it is made out of wax)

but doesn’t have a hard, sharp blade,

it will be an axe in name only.

If something merely looks like an eye

(if it is made out of wax)

but isn’t an organ containing water

with the power of sight,

it will be an eye in name only

(several analogies).

Body and soul are one

as wax and its impression are one. 

So what about the melting of the body?

The soul slumps.


by francis raven


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