ARISTOTLE 



TO yap OTTepixa Trepirrcoixa pbera^aXXovarjs rrjg 

 Tpocfjrjg eariv. AeiVerat Si^^ rov vovv piovov dvpaOev 

 eTTeiatevai /cat deXov elvai pbovov ovOkv yap avTov 

 TTJ ivepyeia Kocvcovel (JiopiarLKrj ivepy eta. 

 30 Ildarjs ptev ovv ipvxrjs hvvapLLS irepov aayp-aros 

 €OiK€ KeKoivojvrjKevai /cat deiorepov roJv KaXov- 

 pievcov aroix^^^v' (hs 8e Sta^epoyat npLLor'qri at 

 ijiv^oX /cat drt/ita aXX-qXcxiv, ovrco /cat rj roLaurrj 

 Sta^epet (fjvacs- Trdvrojv piev yap iv rqj airippiari 

 ivvTTapxit,, OTTep TTOtel yovipia etvat to. airippiara, 

 35 TO KaXovpuevov deppuov. tovto 8' ov TTvp ouSe 

 Toiavrr] Svvapitg ecrrtv, aAAa to ipbTrepiXapL^avo- 

 pLevov iv TO) (jTreppLaTL /cat iv tw a.(f)pa)Sei TTvevpta 

 /cat T) iv Tw TTvevpiaTL (/)vat,s, dvdXoyov ovaa tco 

 737 a Tcbv daTpoiv crrotp^e ta>. Sto rrvp piev ouOev yevva 



i,ci)ov, ovde (f>aiV€Tai avviaTdpievov iv' TTvpovpbivois 

 ovT iv vypols ovT iv ^rjpol^ ovOiv rj Se tov rjXcov 

 deppbOTTj^ /cat rj Ttov t,ipojv ov pLovov rj Sto. tov 



^ 8rj Piatt, Zeller, Btf. : Se vulg. * eV P : om. vulg. 



" i.e., it is not a body possessing the parts necessary in 

 order to give eifect to the activities involved, such as legs for 

 walking. Cf. P. A. 641 b 31 yeveaLS /u.ev yap to anipixa, ovata 

 8e TO re'Ao?. 



* Cf. De anlma 413 a 4 ff. 



« Cf. 762 a 20. '^ See 736 a 13 ff. 



* This is the so-called " fifth element," {i.e., over and 

 above the four " elements " foimd in the sublunary regions, 

 viz., earth, air, fire, and water), though Aristotle's own name 

 for it is " the first of the elements " (to npcoTov tu>v oTotxeiojv, 

 De caelo 298 b 6, to Trpayrov awfia, 270 b 21), owing to its 

 pre-eminent qualities. The arguments for its existence will 

 be found in De caelo, Bk. I ; it is ungenerated, indestruct- 

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