. THEOPHRASTUS 



ra e^o) /jbopia koI ttjv oXrjv [xopf^rjv r) Kara to, 

 ivT6<;, axTTrep eVt tmv ^comv to, e/c tmv avaro/xcov. 



5 ArjTTTeov S' iv avTOt<; iroid re iracnv vTrdp^ei 

 ravrd koX irdia cSia Kud* eKaarov <yevo<i, en 8e 

 TOiV avTOiv TTola ofioia' \eyco S olov <f}vX\ov pL^a 

 <}>\oi6<i. ov Sel Se ovSe tovto XavOdveiv et ri kut 

 dvaXoylav decoprjreov, Mcnrep iirl tcov ^cocov, rrjV 

 dva(f)opap 7rotovfMevov<i BrjXov on Trpo^ ra ifi- 

 <f)€pearaTa koI TeXeiorara. koX aTrXw? he oaa 



t5)V ev (f)VT0l<i d<]>0/J,OL(OT€OV T& ev T0t9 ^(O0l<i, &)? 



dv Tt9 T&i 7' dvdXoyov d^ofioioi. raina /jLcv ovv 

 hioopicrOai rov rpoirov rovrov. 



6 At he Twv fiepcov 8ta(f>opal cr^eSov ci)9 tutto) 

 Xa^eZv elcnv ev rpiaiv, rj rat rd fiev e%eti' 

 TO. he firj, KaOdrrep ^vXXa koI Kapirov, rj ra 

 fjLT} ofxoia fxrjSe icra, rj rplrov rm fir) o/iot(»9. 

 rovrfou he rj jxev dvofioiorr]^ opi^erai a^VH'^'^'' 

 Xpd>fian TTVKPorTjn /juavonjn rpaxvrrjn Xecorrjn 

 Kol TOt<? dXXoL<i irddeaiv, en he oaat hia(popal 

 rojv ^(yXoiV. rj he dviaorrjt; inrepo'Xrj kov eXXel-^et 

 Kara TrXrjOo'i rj /neyedo'?. tw? S' elTrelv rvirw 



^ A very obscure sentence ; so W. renders the MSS. text. 

 ^ i.e. 'inequality' might include ' unlikeness.' 



