Plato's Fish-Trap: Ancient Natural Philosophy

Plato's Fish-Trap: Ancient Natural Philosophy

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Why did the ancient Greeks avoid human dissection?
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Doug Campbell
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In the ancient world, people reasoned about the interior of the body without relying on insights gleaned from human dissection.

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