235. Rationator, so-called, a great man because he can give a reason for all the things which are allowed to be wonderful.
BOOK XI[327]
ON MAN AND MONSTERS
ANALYSIS
| I. | Man and his parts (ch. 1). | |
| A description of the human body. | ||
| II. | The six ages of man (ch. 2). | |
| III. | Monsters. | |
| 1. | Monstrous births (ch. 3, 1–11). | |
| 2. | Monstrous races (ch. 3, 12–27). | |
| 3. | The imaginary monsters of pagan mythology (ch. 3, 28–39). | |
| 4. | Transformations (ch. 4). | |
EXTRACTS
Chapter 1. On man and his parts.
4. Homo is so named because he is made of humus (earth), as it is told in Genesis: “Et creavit Deus hominem de humo terrae.” And the whole man made up of both substances, that is, of the union of soul and body, is termed homo by an abuse of the word.
6. Man is two-fold, the inner and the outer. The inner man is the soul (anima); the outer man, the body.