ARISTOTLE 



(Tvyyevovs. eVt 8' 77 [lev oLTToSei^is /car' d^(f)OT€po}v 

 eiprjTai ofiolcos /cat* rov drjXeos /cat rov dppevos, 



25 yep'va 8' o apprjv eTrrairy]? cov ■qpLiovos,'' o)S (f>aaLV' 

 aAA 1^ drjXeta ayovos oXcos,^ /cat auTT^ roi /xt^ e/c- 

 Tpe(f)e.iv el? reXog, eVet •^'Sr^ Kvrjfxa ecrx^v rjjXLOVog. 



"lacos 8e /xaAAov av Sol'eiev OLTToSeL^is etvai 

 TTidavrj rcbv elprjfievcDv XoyiK'q. Xeyco 8e XoyiKrjv 

 8ta TovTO, on oato KadoXov fxaXXov, TToppcoTepoj 



30 Ta)v OLKeicov iarlv ap-)(cov. can Se TOLavrr) tls. 

 el yap i^ o/Lto€t8a)v appevos /cat d'qXeos o/xoet8es' 

 yiveaOai 7Te(f>VK€ tols yevriqaaaiv appev ^ OrjXv, 

 otov e/c Kvvos appevog /cat d-qXeos kvcov dpprjv iq 

 drjiXeia, /cat e^ erepcov rw et'Set erepov ro) etSet, 

 otov el Kvojv erepov Xeovros, /cat e/c kvvos appevos 



35 /cat AeovTO? d-qXeos erepov /cat e/c Xeovros dppevos 

 Kttt /cm'o? dy]Xeos erepov coar iTTeiSr) ylverai 

 •qpLLOvos dpprjv /cat drjXvs aStac^opoi oVre?* to) 

 et'Set aAArjAots", ylverai 8' e^ lttttov Kal ovov rjpil- 

 ovos, erepa 8' ecrrt rw et8et ravra /cat ot rj/jLLOvoi, 

 dSvvarov yeveadai e^ 'qptovcov erepov yap yevos 

 5 ovy^ olov re 8ta ro e^ dppevos /cat diqXeos rdJv 

 ofioeiScov ravro ylveodai ra> et8ei, rjp.iovos 8' on 



^ Kal am. P, A.-W. : o/xot'wj hie om. A.-W., qui post dppevos 

 inserunt, secuti cod. P, qui ibi ojxoiws iterum, sed opQcJs SYZ. 



^ -quiovos Pc(;k : pLovos vulg. : Piatt omisso (cum S) /xovos 

 scribit mox 6-^Xeta <.pi6vrf>. 



^ oXcOS €K TTaVTOS PYZ. 



* correxi : dSta^o/jcov ovtojv vulg. 



" They are both " soft," according to Empedocles. 

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