732 a 



ARISTOTLE 



Se Kal 6eLOT€pas t7]V (f)vaiv ovarjs Trjs aiTLas rrjs 

 5 KLVovarjs Trpojrrjg, fj 6 Xoyo? V7Tdp)(€L Kal to etSo?, 

 rrjg vXr]s, ^^Xtlov Kal to Kexojpiadai to KpeiTTOv 

 Tov x^'-P^^'^^- S'-c"- tout' eV OCTOi? evhex^rai Kal 

 Kad' oaov ivSex^Tai, /ce^^copto-rat tov di/jXeos to 

 appev PcXtlov yap Kal detoTepov fj'^ ^PX^ '''V^ 

 KLvrjaecos [tj dppev vTrapx^i]^ '^^Xs yivopiivoLg- vX-q 



10 06 t6^ dijXv. avvipx^Tai Se /cat p.iyvvTai rrpos 

 Trjv epyaaiav ttjs yeveaecos tu) ^ijAet to dppev 

 avTT] yap koivt] afx^OTepoLS. 



*[KaTa jxev ovv to /xeTe;^etr tov ^i^Aeo? /cat tov 

 dppevos t,f}, 8to /cat Ta (f)VTd fieTex^L ^corjs' /card 

 Se TTjv alaOrjOLV to twv ^cocvv effTt yevo?. tovtojv 

 he ox'^hov ev rrdai tol? jropevTiKols /ce;^aiptCTTat to 



15 drjXv Kal TO dppev 8td tols elprip^evag atrta?* Kat 

 TOVTOJV Ta fJiev, CDCTrep eXex^f], TrpoteTai aTrepp-a, 

 Ta 8' ov TTpoteTat ev tw avvSvaafxcp. tovtov 8' 

 avTLov OTL Ta TLpLiciiTepa Kal avTapKeoTepa ttjv 

 ^vaiv eGTLV, a>aT€ p^eyedovg jxeTeiXritfjevai. tovto 

 8' ovK dvev depp^oTTjTOS ilfvxtKrjs' dvdyKTj yap to 



20 pieil^ov VTTO TrXeiovos KivelaOai hvvdpLeoJS , to he 

 depfMov KivrjTiKov. hioTTep, d)S em to Trdv jSXe- 



^ ■§ Peck : -q vulg. * om. S. 



' TO Y : TO ^ vulg. : uAijs ^ to drjXv coni. A.-W., to <dr]Xv> 

 ^ 6^Xv Btf. : sed fortasse haec verba secludenda. scr. Piatt 

 j) TO dppev VTrdpxei rois yivofievois t] rj vXrj ■^ to drjXv. 



* vv. 11-23 secludenda. 



« Cf. 716 a 5. 



* i.e., the Material Cause, C/. 716 a 5. 

 " See Introd. §§ 1 ff., 10, 50. 



"^ This paragraph seems to be out of place, consisting of 

 various remarks which are irrelevant here. Cf. 715 a 18 ff., 

 and parts of Bk. I, ch. 23. 

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