"A human being is not defective if he lacks some flesh or spleen, but he is if he lacks some extremity, and not just any of those but one which cannot grow back when it is completely removed. For this reason bald men are not defective."
--Metaphysics Bk V.1024a28ff
Posted by Clifton at January 28, 2004 07:37 AM | TrackBack"Thank you Jesus!" he says watching his hair recede.
Posted by: Tripp at January 28, 2004 10:49 AMHmm, I wonder how this applies to the beardless "hair-acy"...
Posted by: Karl Thienes at January 28, 2004 03:25 PMI'm not sure, but since Aristotle was a pre-Christian pagan, I don't think his philosophy will carry much weight with the ESOB.
Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at January 28, 2004 07:16 PM