Isidore of Seville Quotes on Nature
Isidore of Seville was a Spanish bishop, encyclopedist, and the last of the Latin Fathers of the Church. This page collects quotes attributed to Isidore of Seville on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“And without music there can be no perfect knowledge, for there is nothing without it. For even the universe itself is said to have been put together with a certain harmony of sounds, and the very heavens revolve under the guidance of harmony.”
Itaque sine Musica nulla disciplina potest esse perfecta, nihil enim sine illa. Nam et ipse mundus quadam harmonia sonorum fertur esse conpositus, et coelum ipsud sub harmoniae modulatione revolvi. -
“Law will be honorable, just, possible, according to nature, according to the custom of the country, adapted to the place and time, necessary, useful, clear also, lest it contain anything in its obscurity that tends to fraud, drawn up for no one’s private advantage, but for the common good of all citizens.”
Bk. 5, ch. 21 ( Brehaut 1912 p.171 ) -
“Homo is so named because he is made of humus (earth), as it is told in Genesis: “Et creavit Deus hominem de humo terrae.””
Etymologiae -
“On w:creation of life from clay (creation of life from earth).”
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“Many creatures go through a natural change and by decay pass into different forms, as bees [are formed] by the decaying flesh of calves, as beetles from horses, locusts from mules, scorpions from crabs.”
Etymologiae