ARISTOTLE 



745 b , -^S " S^ ' ^ « 



7re/)(.TTa)/xa yecooe?, eart oe TreptTTOjyLia /xev to 



20 (xn^TTTOv, TO 8e yerjpov iv tols aco/xacrt TravTCDt" 

 a7re77TOTaTOv. 



riajS" ftev' ow CKaarov avviararai rcov {jLopicov, 



€LprjTai,, /cat tl Trjs yeviaecos amor. 



VII ''E;;^ei Se tt^v av^rjaiv ra l^woTOKOv/xeva rojv 



ifi^pvcov, wairep eXej^d-q trporepov, 8ta rT]s rov 



6pi(fi(i\ov TTpoacfivaecjos . cTret yap eveariv iv Tots" 



25 ^ojot? /cat 9^ dpeTTTLKT] SvvapLig rrjs ipvxTJS, a^iriaLV 

 evdvs olov pil,av rov 6pi(j)aX6v els ttjv varepav. 

 eWi Se o 6fx<j>aX6s ev /ceAu^et ^Ae/Ses", Tot? /uev 

 pLeit^oai TrXeLOVS, olov ^ot Kal rots tolovtois, toIs 

 Se fxeaoLS Svo, pila he toZs ea-)(droLS. Sta Se ro'urov 

 Xapi^dvec rrjv rpoijyrjv alp.aTiK'qv , at yap varepat 



30 TTepara (f)Xe^cov ttoXXcov elaiv. ra puev ovv pLrj 

 dpb(f)d)hovTa TTOLvra, /cat rcov dpL(j>a)h6vTa>v ocra>v rj 

 varepa p,r] p,iav <j>Xe^a jJieydXrjv exei- hiareivovaav 

 dXX dvrl pads irvKvas noXXds, ravra iv Tat? 

 varepaig e)(ei rag KaXovp-evas KorvXrjSovas , Trpos 

 a?^ o oficfjaXos avvdrrrei /cat TTpoairecjiVKev dvore- 

 ravrai yap at i^Xe^es at Sid tov 6[X(f)aXov evdev 

 /cat evdev /cat a'^iiC^ovraL Trdvrr) Kara rrjv varepav fj 

 Se TTepacvovai, ravrj) yiyvovrai at /coTi;A778di'es"/ 

 TO jLtev rrepi^epeg exovaai^ Trpos rrjv varepav, ro 



35 Se kolXov Trpos to efi^pvov. p,era^v Se rrjs varepas 

 746 a /cat tou ipi^pvov ro )(6pLov /cat ot vpueves etotv. at 



1 5s Piatt, Ob* : 5 P. 



^ vpos as 6 6ix(j)aX6s • • • yiyvovrai ai kotvXt)S6v€s POb*S : 

 cm. vulg. ^ e;(oiiffat Z et corr. P : €x°^^°-s vulg. 



« See 740 a 24 ff. 



•* Not quite the same as the modern use of the term. 

 Aristotle uses it to mean the pits in the modified wall of the 



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