715 a 



ARISTOTLE 



TOVTOL? 8e Ttt KaXovfieva aroixeia rcov aoi^drcov) , 

 XoiTTov 8e rcov [xev fxopiiov ra vrpos" rrjv yeveaiv 

 avvreXovvra rots l^cLois, Trept utv ovdev hiajpiarai 

 TTporepov, TTepi airias 8e r^? Kivovarjg, ris avrrj. 

 TO Se TTepl Tavrrjs aKorrelv /cat to Trepl TTJg 



15 yeveaeois ttj? iKaarov TpoTTov tivcl tuvtov cotlv 

 hioTtep 6 Aoyo? els €v crvvqyayi , rcov fiev Trepl to. 

 fxopLa TcXevTala TavTa, tcov 8e Trepl yeveaecos ttjv 

 oLpx'^v exofxevrfv tovtojv Ta^as. 



Toiv hrj t,cpcov TO. fiev e/c (ruvhvaap,ov yiveTai 

 diqXeo'S Koi appevos, ev oaois yeveai tcov l^cocov eoTi 



20 TO driXv /cat to appev ov yap ev Traaiv eartv, dXX 

 ev fiev Tols evat/xot? e^co oXiycov aTraat to p,ev 

 dppev TO 8e drjXv TeXetcodev eoTL, tcov 8 avatpicov 

 TO. fJiev €)(ei TO drjXv /cat to dppev, cootc tol opLoyevrj 

 yevvdv, Ta 8e yevva /xeV, ov piivToi TCt ye ojjioyevrj- 

 TOiavra 8' eoTiv oaa yiveTai p-rj e/c ^cpcov avvSvat,o- 



25 [xevcov, aAA' e/c yfjs ariTTOjJLeviqs /cat TrepiTTCopdrcov} 

 cog 8e /cttTO, vravTos" eLveXv, ocra pev Kara tottov 

 peTa^XrjTLKd rcov l,cpcov earl^ Ta pev vevaTtKa rd 



^ hue procul dubio transferenda w. 715b 25-30 ean Se . . . 

 t'^ds, quae ibi aliena, hie congrua. 



* e'crri Peck : ovra vulg. : locus hie corruptus. 



" Elements : aroixela. The term is a metaphor taken 

 from " letters of the alphabet," the original meaning of the 

 term. In the physical sense, " element " maj^ be defined as 

 e^ ov avyK€LTat yrpwrov evvTrapxovros aStaiperov rta eiSet ets 

 €T€pov ethos {Met. 1014 a 26). See Introd. § 24. 



* i.e., after the De partibus and the De incessu animalium. 

 ' See Introd. § 74. 



** The exceptions are the erythrinus and the channa : see 

 741 a 35, 755 b 21 ; cf. 760 a 8. 



'See Introd. § 67. Here probably = excrements : cf. 

 H.A. 551 a 6. See however 737 a 4, 762 a 3 ff. 



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