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Full Idea
Geometry studies naturally occurring lines, but not as they occur in nature.
Gist of Idea
Geometry studies naturally occurring lines, but not as they occur in nature
Source
Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 194a09)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Physics', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1996], p.37
A Reaction
What a splendid remark. If the only specimen you could find of a very rare animal was maimed, you wouldn't be particularly interested in the nature of its injury, but in the animal.