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V^ 344, 21. Arist. De Gen. et Corr. 1. 8. 325^ 25, ofxaXoyriaas 8e 

 ravra fxtv tols (paivo/JievoLs, to7s 5e to ev KaraaKevd^ovaLV cbs ovk av 

 KLvrjaLV ovaau iivev Kevov, to re Kevov fxr} bv Kal tov ovtos oidev /drj bv 

 (jiTjaiv elvai. to yap Kvpiws bv TrapLirXfjpes bv. 



I cannot understand how scholars have been so long content to 

 retain this text, which yields no sense and so clearly suggests the true 

 reading. With it we must compare other passages in which the same 

 matter is under consideration. Arist. Met. 1. 4. 985^ 4 (V^ 343, 44), 

 AevKLiriros 8e Kal 6 eratpos ai'Tov Arj/jLOKpLTos arotxeTa iJ.€V to T\rjpes Kal 

 TO Kevov eivai (paaL, XeyovTes to p.iv bv to be p.r} bv, tovtcov de to fxev 

 TXrjpes Kal aTepeov to bv, to be Kevov Kal fxavov to fxi] bv (ota Kal 

 ovdev idaWov to bv tov fj.r] bvTos elval 4>aaLV, oTe ov8e to 

 Kevov <Ce\aTTov Diels> tov acoixaTos), atrta be to)v bvTCCV raOra 

 <!}$ vXrjv. Whether Diels was right in proposing to insert eXaTTov we 

 shall have presently to inquire. Simpl. Phys. 28, 11 (V^ 345, 5), ert 

 be ovbev jxaXXov to bv r) to fxij bv virapxeLV, Kal aiTLa opoiws 

 elvai Tots yLvopievoLs ajj.<po). ttjv ixev yap toov clto/jluv ovalav vaaTrjv Kal 

 TrXr}pri VTrodejuievos bv eXeyev elvai Kal ev to; Kevu) (i)epeadai, bwep p.i] bv 

 eKaXet Kal ovk eXaTTov tov bvTos elvai 4>r]ai.. We are familiar 

 with the pun which Democritus employed to enforce this point of 

 doctrine, fr. 156 (V2 413, 11), jut) /jlclXXov to bev r) to fxribev elvai. 

 It seems to me obvious that in the passage under consideration p.i] bv 

 is a corruption by itacism for fielbv. Indeed, I am inclined to think 

 that the pun to re Kevov ixrj bv Kal tov bvTos ovdev p.elov derives from 

 the same fertile brain as ait) p.aXXov to bev r) to jx-qbev, and that we have 

 thus found another fragment of Democritus partially converted into 

 the Attic dialect. If this be conceded, it seems more probable that 

 we should supply iielov than eXaTTov (with Diels) in Met. 985** 9. 

 Aristotle used the word, Eth. Nic. 5. 1. 1129^ S, boKeT Kal to fxelov 

 KaKov ay adbv ttws elvai, where the true reading, corrupted in the MSS., 

 had to be recovered from the commentaries and versions. Cp. 

 Aeschyl. P. V. 508, cos eyui \ eveXiris eifiL Tcbvbe a' eK beafxwv Itl \ XvOevTa 

 prjbev pelov l(xxv<JeLV Atos; Xenoph. Ages. 6. 3, rpoTrata p.riv 'kyeaiXaov 

 ovx baa ecTTTjaaTo aXX' baa eaTpaTevaaTo btKaiov vofxil^eLv. pelov (xev yap 

 oibev eKpcLTei ktX.; Herondas 3, 59, e^et yap ovdev pelov; ibid. 15, 2, 6? 

 b' exet fJLelov \ tovtov tl. 



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