The following quote has recently been attributed to Aristotle. As anyone who has read even a little bit by Aristotle can attest, this is about as far away from an Aristotelian sentiment as you can get.
To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold – #Aristotle#Quotes #snow #outdoors #nature pic.twitter.com/dhE2PUvlxk
— The Little Map Company (@little_map) December 25, 2018
Oh, Town and Country magazine, you fell for it. I get it. The quotation sounds kind of cool. It is inspiring in that insipid, soul-numbing way motivational posters start out as ‘neat’ and end up as part of a fevered nightmare.
As recently as 2012, this quotation was attributed anonymous (and this appears frequently). So, this one must have jumped attribution quite recently. Please, contact your local office of common sense and decency and let them know we cannot stand for this.
Here’s a real Aristotle quotation about snow:
Aristotle, Prior Analytics, 12b
“To be hot is the nature of fire and snow’s nature is white”
τῷ πυρὶ τὸ θερμῷ εἶναι καὶ τῇ χιόνι τὸ λευκῇ.
And here is a Pinterest version for you:
And because I was bored….
“Please, contact your local office of common sense and decency…”
They officially closed those down in January 2017.
Yeah, I found your scrooging because I read the quote attributed to Aristotle and thought “That can’t be right”. Googled to fact check. I don’t mind the quote per se but it didn’t strike me as Aristotelian