722 b 



ARISTOTLE 



kaddnep EjU.TreSo/cA'^S' yewa cttI rrjg ^iAottjtos", 

 20 XeycDv 



■fi TToXXai fjiev Kopaai avav)(eves i^Xdarrjaav. 

 eld* ovTOis aviJL<j)veadai (f)7]ai,v. tovto Se (f)avep6v 

 on dhvvaTOV ovre yap fi'Tj ifjvx'^v e^orra ovre 

 pLTj t,a)riv TLva BvvaLT* av aco^ecrdai,, ovre (Zarrep 

 ^oia ovra TrXeico avpL(f)V€adaL ojar elvai TrdXiv eV. 



25 dAAd fXTjv TOVTOV top rpoTTov avfi^aLvei Xeyeiv tols 

 aTTo TTavTos dmevaL <f)daKov(nv, (Lanep totc ev 

 TTJ y^ evi rrjg (fnXorrjros , ovtcd tovtols eV rep 

 aa>[xari. dSvvarov yap avvexT] rd fiopta yiyve- 

 adai, /cat dmevaL €ls eva tottov avviovra. etra 

 TTWs Kal " 8i€G7Taarai " rd dvco /cat /cdroj Kal 

 Be^id Kal dpLarepd /cat Trpoadia /cat OTriadia; 



30 TTOvra yap ravra dXoya eartv. 



"Eti rd piipy] rd fiev Svvdjjiei rd 8e vddeai Slco- 

 pLarai, rd fiev avofjioiopicprj ru> hvvaadai ri TTocelv, 

 OLOV yXwrra /cat X^^P> ^^ ^' dp^OLOfiepi] aicXrjporrjrL 

 /cat piaXaKorrjri /cat Tot? dAAot? rots" roiovroig 

 TTaQecriv. ov TTavrats ovv exov alp-a ovSe adp^} 



35 hrjXov roivvv on dhvvarov rd direXdov etvai avv- 



^ ov . . . aap^ om. S : <,alfj,a> alfxa oiiSe <.aap^> o'^pi Btf. 



" According to Einpedocles, there were alternating periods 

 during which Love and Strife respectively gained the mas- 

 terv ; for details see Burnet, Early Greek Philosophy*, 

 pp.' 231 ff. 



* Emped. fr. 57 (Diels). 



" See Introd. §§ 41 ff. 



"^ Viz., in the formation of the embryo. 



' Cf. below, 723 b 14 ff., 729 a 7 ff. 



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