"<em>Pythagoras</em>, <em>Plato</em> and <em>Aristotle</em>, that the Spermatick Faculty is incorporeal, as the Mind is which moves the Body, but the effused Matter is corporeal."
Plutarch's Giving an Account of those Sentiments Concerning Nature with which Philosophers were Delighted; Contained in Five Books [from Plutarch's Morals]
Text from "Plutarch's Giving an Account of those Sentiments Concerning Nature with which Philosophers were Delighted; Contained in Five Books," trans. John Dowel from <u>Plutarch's Morals: Translated from the Greek by Several Hands</u>, 5th ed., vol. 3 of 5 (London: Printed for William Taylor, 1718). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=U0RWAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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See also Liberty Fund edition, digitized from <u>Plutarchâ€™s Morals. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands</u>. Corrected and Revised by William W. Goodwin, with an Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 5 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1878). This 1878 American edition is based on the 5th edition of 1718. &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1753">Link to OLL</a>&gt;