ARISTOTLE 



744 b 



AeijLt/xara /<at to. TrepLTTCOfiaTLKa. ylverat yap iv 



TTaVTl TO TTpOJTOV Kal TO SeVTCpOV TTJS"^ TpO(f)rjS 

 TO lieV dpCTTTlKOV TO 8 aV^TJTlKOV, dpeTTTLKOV flCV 



35 o TO €i,vaL 7Tap€)(€Tai TO) T€ oXii) Kal Tolg pLopioLS, 

 av^TjTiKov 8e TO ets" p^eyeOos ttolovv ttjv eTxihoaiv 

 vepl d)v voTcpov hiopiGTeov p^aXXov. tov avTov Se 

 TpOTTOV ToXs OOToZs Kai TO. v€vpa avviOTaTaL Kal 

 €K TOiv g.VTa)v, eK ttjs' a7Tepp,aTLKrjs TrepLTTCvaecos 

 745 a Kal ttjs 6p€7rTLKi]S- ovu;^e? 8e /cat Tpix^s Kal OTrAat 



/cat KepaTa /cat pvy^f] xai to. TrXrJKTpa tojv op- 

 vidcov, Kal et tl toiovtov €Tep6v ioTi popcov, e/c ttj? 

 eTnKTTjTov Tpocfyrjs Kal Trjs av^r]TiK7Js, -qv re Trapa 

 TOV drjXeos eTTLKTaTat, Kal [Trjg]^ 6vpa6ev. 8ta tovto 

 5 TO, /xev OGToi P'^XP'' '^''Vos XapL^dveL ttjv av^iqaiv 

 eoTL yap tl ttolgl tols ^cpot,g Trepas tov p^eyedovs, 

 8to /cat TTJs Twv ooTcov av^'qoecos . et yap TavT 

 e?Yev av^rfaiv del, Kal tcov ^cowv oaa e;)^et ootovv 

 ri TO dvdXoyov, rjv^dveT dv ecos €t,r}- tov yap 

 p^eyedovg opog eotI raura toZ? Wot?. 8t' rjv p.ev 

 10 ovv aiTcav ovk del Xap^^dvovaiv av^rjGLV Xcktcov 

 voTepov Tpix^s 8e /cat Ta avyyevrj tovtois, ecu? dv 



^ Trjs Z : Kai rijg vulg. ^ Seclusi. 



" The functions of "nutritive Soul" (see above, 735 a 17, 

 and De anima 415 a 25) are to generate, and to make use of 

 nourishment ; it is the same Svva/xis of the Soul which generates 

 and which nourishes {De anima 416 a 19). In the passage 

 which there follows, a distinction is made between being 

 nourished {rp€<f>€a6ai) and growing {av^aveadai). At 416 b 11, 

 Aristotle says that " nourishment " is not identical with 

 " that which is growth-promoting " ; thus, in so far as the 

 living thing (the creature " with Soul in it ") is of a certain 

 quantity, the food is " growth-promoting " {i.e., increases its 

 quantity) ; but in so far as the creature is a particular thing, 

 an individual " being," the food is " nourishment," because 

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