The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants. (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola)

The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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