FEB to Rachael - Aristotle & the other guy

 

I'm getting my FEB duds out of the way. I like this idea, but I used a ruler for guidelines and then was too careful when I did the final lines by hand. I also chose a terrible stamp and none of the colors are quite right. The lettering stinks. The proportions are all off. I'm tempted to redo it to show how it could be improved. 

***

My little rant yesterday about Aristotle went off on a tangent where I questioned whether he even said or wrote down the words: nature abhors an empty space. I did some research to find out if he actually wrote things down and if the original documents still exist. Our Easy-Peasy-Rumor-Service popped up with an answer to my question that says he left lots of writing and it was passed down through medieval scribes. 

I hesitate to trust/believe anything I read when I am clicking on the internet. I also hesitate to trust/anything that was transcribed by scribes. So, this topic has hit a dead end. I'm pretty sure that the person who originally said: nature abhors empty space was Aristotle's gardener. The guy was just lamenting the never ending job of pulling weeds. He muttered it to himself - and Aristotle who was just hanging out on his patio overheard the gardener and thought, Hmmmmm - that's a good one. I better jot it down.

Does anyone know which philosopher did not leave anything written down? Socrates. I'm debating whether that tidbit deserves further research/surfing. Also, I read it online - so there is only a 50/50 chance that it's true.