Note 100 — Chapter XII · DE ANIMÂ, ETC.
Reading edition
Aristot. Histor. Animal. I. xv. p. 494, b. 17. Man is λεπτοδερμότατος τῶν ζῷων (Aristot. De Partib. Animal. ii. p. 657, b. 2), and has the tongue also looser and softer than any of them, most fit for variety of touch (p. 660, a. 20) as well as for articulate speech.