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softness of disposition; such as curve in towards the nose, of harshness; such
as curve out towards the temples, of humour and dissimulation; such as are
drawn in towards one another, of jealousy.
Under the eyebrows come the eyes. These are naturally two in number.
Each of them has an upper and a lower eyelid, and the hairs on the edges of
these are termed âeyelashesâ. The central part of the eye includes the moist
part whereby vision is effected, termed the âpupilâ, and the part surrounding it
called the âblackâ; the part outside this is the âwhiteâ. A part common to the
upper and lower eyelid is a pair of nicks or corners, one in the direction of the
nose, and the other in the direction of the temples. When these are long they
are a sign of bad disposition; if the side toward the nostril be fleshy and
comb-like, they are a sign of dishonesty.
All animals, as a general rule, are provided with eyes, excepting the
ostracoderms and other imperfect creatures; at all events, all viviparous
animals have eyes, with the exception of the mole. And yet one might assert
that, though the mole has not eyes in the full sense, yet it has eyes in a kind of
a way. For in point of absolute fact it cannot see, and has no eyes visible
externally; but when the outer skin is removed, it is found to have the place
where eyes are usually situated, and the black parts of the eyes rightly
situated, and all the place that is usually devoted on the outside to eyes:
showing that the parts are stunted in development, and the skin allowed to
grow over.
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Of the eye the white is pretty much the same in all creatures; but what is
called the black differs in various animals. Some have the rim black, some
distinctly blue, some greyish-blue, some greenish; and this last colour is the
sign of an excellent disposition, and is particularly well adapted for sharpness
of vision. Man is the only, or nearly the only, creature, that has eyes of diverse
colours. Animals, as a rule, have eyes of one colour only. Some horses have
blue eyes.
Of eyes, some are large, some small, some medium-sized; of these, the
medium-sized are the best. Moreover, eyes sometimes protrude, sometimes
recede, sometimes are neither protruding nor receding. Of these, the receding
eye is in all animals the most acute; but the last kind are the sign of the best
disposition. Again, eyes are sometimes inclined to wink under observation,
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- Title
- The Complete Aristotle
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- Aristotle
- Date
- ~322 B.C.
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Table of contents
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156