Animal/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words animal and/or etymology:

    ... found myself
    myself, smaller,
    not thin but thinner, nervous,
    who hurries without animal calm.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)