729 a 



ARISTOTLE 



fjiovov avfiixerpov fj to hLaipovfievov rrpos rrjv vXtjv, 

 Kal fi-qre eXarrov ware fxr] irerTeiv fjLTjSe avv- 

 tardvat, jLti^re TrXelov ware ^rjpdvai, TrAeto) ovtoj 



20 yewarai. e/c Se rov avvLardvTos irpcoTov, i^ ivos 

 rj8r) €V yiver at fxovov. 



"On jxev oiiv to OfjXv elg ttjv yeveatv yovrjv [xev 

 ov Gup^aXXeTaL, avp^^aXXeTai 8e rt, Kal tovt* 

 icTTiv 7] Tcov KaTapLrjVLOJV avGTaoLg Kai to dvdXoyov 

 iv TOLS dvaipLOLS, €k t€ TOiV elprjp^evtov SrjXov /cat 

 /caret TOP Xoyov KadoXov aKOTTOvp.ivoLS- dvayKT] 



25 ydp elvai to yevvojv /cat (jo}^ e^ ov, /cat raur'" dv 

 Kal ev rj, tw ye etSet Sta^epetv' /cat tco tov Xoyov 

 avTcDv eivat eTepov, iv Se rots' K€)(ajpLap.€vas exovai 

 ra? 8vvdp,€i.s Kal to. CTco/xara /cat tyjv <f)vaiv cTepav 

 efrat tov re ttoiovvtos Kal tov TrdaxovTos. el ovv 

 TO dppev IotIv d)s KLvovv Kal ttolovv, to 8e OrjXv, 



30 ^ dijXv,^ CVS TTadrjTLKov , eis tttjv tov dppevos yovrjv 

 TO di]Xv dv avpL^dXXoLTO ov yovrjv aAA' vXr^v. orrep 

 Kal (^atVerat avp-^alvov /caret yap Trjv TrpuiTiqv 

 vXrjv* ioTlv 7] TCOV KaTap,rjVLCOv (f>vaig. 



' <To> Rackham. 



^ ravr' Peck : tout' vulg. 



» ^ d-qXv fort. seel, (ex 729 b 12 insertum ?). 



* /caret . . . vXrjv] 17 yap irpcuTrj vX-q Z. 



» Cf. 772 a 12. * In one individual. 



" i.e., specifically, in " form." ^ See Introd. § 10. 



" At Met. 1015 a 8 {cf. 1014 b 27) Aristotle speal 

 of " prime matter " in two senses: e.g., in the case of broni 

 articles (o) the prime matter relatively to them is bronze, bj 

 (l>) generally it is water (because all things that can be melted 

 according to Aristotle, consist of water). And " prime 

 matter " is one of the meanings of ^vais, both according to 

 Met. (loc. cit.) and Phys. 193 a 28 : " one meaning of ^vai.s 

 is Tj npioT-q e/caaro) vnoKeifievj] vXt] twv ixovTcov iv avTots o.px'fjv 

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