ARISTOTLE 



724 b 



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 fxkv ovv ovK dv €17] /xepog, (j>avGp6v ojxoioixepks 



30 pikv yap ioTLV, e/c Se tovtov ovdev avyKeirai, 

 OJcrTTep eK vevpov /cat crapKog. ctl Se ovSe Ke- 

 XOjpiaiJievov, ra 8' aAAa Trdvra P'^pf]. aAAa pur]v 

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 yap VTrdp)(€i, /cat rj <f)vaLs €k tovtov ytyverat. rj 

 8e Tpo(j>rj (j>avepa)s iireLcraKTOv. oiOT dvdyKrj -^ 



35 avvTrjyp.a rj irepiTTCopia etvai. ol p,€V ovv dp-)(aZoL 

 eoLKaaiv olop^evois eivat avvTTjypia' to yap oltto 

 TTavTOS aTTievai (f)dvaL Sta Tr]v 6epp,6TrjTa tyjv oltto 

 725 a rrjs KLVijaecos avvry^yp^aTOS e;^ei 8vvap.LV. to Se 



arvvTrjyfia^ tcDi/ vrapa (j>vaLV Ti, e/c 8e t(x)V Trapd 

 (f)vaiv ovdev ytVerat twv /caret (f>vaLV. dvdyKrj dpa 

 7T€piTTajp.a etvai. aAAa pirjv TrepcTTCopd ye -ndv r^ 

 5 d)(^piqaTOV Tpocf)rjg eaTiv rj )(pr)atprjg. dxp'^OTOv 

 p,€V ovv Xeyoj a^' rjg purjOev ert avvTeXelraL els ttjv 

 (f)V(nv, aAA' dvaXtaKopievov TrXeovos paXiOTa /ca- 

 KovTai, TTjv 8e XPI^^P'W ''"h^ evavTiav. otl p,ev 

 Bt] tolovtov TTeptTTco/xa OVK dv etrj, (j>avep6v toZ? 



^ ov Twv Z : ovhk vulg. : correxerunt A.-W. 

 ^ TO 8e avvTTjyfia S* : to Se avvTr)yiJ.aTa vulg. 



" And therefore would have to be reckoned as one of the 

 uniform parts. 



'' Viz., the non-uniform parts, for the construction of which 

 the uniform parts act as the " material." 



" This may mean that it is not present continuously as 

 such, but has to be " concocted " and " collected " on each 

 occasion for which it is required : see 717 b 25. 



<* See Introd. § 12 and 737 a 26, n. 



* e.g., Hippocrates, tt. yoviis 1 (vii. 470 Littre), where this 

 statement occurs. Aristotle's equation of this view with the 

 belief that socmen is a awT-qyii-a is hardly fair, in face of the 

 context, q.v. Compare, e.g., the statement i; he yovrj . . . 



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