_Resemblance between Man and the Monkey._
Aristotle disapproved of very small eyes. Galen says that very small
eyes, such as monkeys have, are a sure mark of pusillanimity, which may
be readily discovered in the manners of the possessor. Polemon and
Adamantius represent the miser with such eyes. Turtles have small eyes,
and are extremely sly and cunning.
He who has a flat nose, says Aristotle to Alexander, is impetuous; but
the ancient translation from that author is incorrect: it should have
been rendered _lascivious_: otherwise, he has contradicted himself; for
in his treatise on Physiognomy he compares the man with a flat nose to
the stag, which has one similar, and this animal is so lustful, that in
the time of rutting he becomes crazy. A nose both short and flat, says
Polemon, denotes a thievish disposition.
Small ears, according to Aristotle, are common to such men as are
naturally dull, and addicted to thieving, as is the monkey. Polemon and
Adamantius are of opinion, that they are peculiar to the cunning and
malignant man; and according to Albert, they generally belong to the
thief.
Adamantius asserts that a small face designates the sly and flattering
man; to which Rhases and Conciliator add timorous and covetous.
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