(December 8, 2017 at 8:21 am)Hammy Wrote: And yes, Aritstole was hugely influentical and right about a lot of things. Although he was also wrong about a lot of things (and he thought flies had four legs!) . . . and philosophers after him improved upon him.
Some people have defended Aristotle on this. You have to admit, it is unlikely that Aristotle could not count to six. I've read the offending passage with some apologetics that said Aristotle might have taken the flies front two legs to be "arms" (We all have noticed how flies rub their two front legs together like hands.)
