The Nature Of Things

[G. S. Carnivals]

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'There is nothing in the nature of things,' the quotation ran, 'to prevent a man from seeing a dragon or a griffin, a gorgon or a unicorn. Nobody as a matter of fact has seen a woman whose hair consisted of snakes, nor a horse from whose forehead a horn projected; though very early man probably did see dragons - known to science as pterodactyls - and monsters more improbable than griffins. At any rate, none of these zoological fancies violates the fundamental laws of the intellect; the monsters of heraldry and mythology do not exist, but there is no reason in the nature of things nor in the laws of the mind why they should not exist.'       Thomas Ligotti - “The Medusa” Added by: G. S. Carnivals on 06-09-2007 #165