ARISTOTLE 



764 b 



30 /cat ixaXiara Kal Trpwrov ra? ^Ae'jSas", Trepl as cog 

 7T€pl v7Toypa(f)r]v to ucofia Trept/cetrat to twv aap- 

 Kcjv. a? ov Sto. TT^r vcTTepav evXoyov yeveadai 

 TTOtag Ttvag, dXXa juaAAov 8t' eKeivas tt]v vaTepav 

 V7ToSo)(rj yap ai/xard? Tivog eKOLTepov, irpoTepa S' 

 7] Tcov (f)X€^a)v. TTjv Se Kivovcrav dp)(r]v dvayKalov 



35 aei vpoTepav etj^ai /cat tt^? yeveaecog aiTiav tco 

 TTOiav elvai Tiva. crujUjSatVet jLtev ovv r) Sta^opd 

 TcDv fjiepwv TOVTOiv TTpos dXXrjXa rot? ^rjAeat /cat 

 Tot? dppeaiv, aAA' oi5/c dp)(rjv olrjTeov 01)8' atrtav 

 765 a eivat TavT7]v, aAA' cTepav, Kav el [x-qdev dnoKpL- 



v€Tat aTTepjJia fxr^Te diro tov drjXeog yLrjT aTro tou 

 dppevog, dAA' OTTCOS" St^ Trore ovviaTaTai [to OTreppiaf 

 TO yiyvofJievov. 



'0 8' auTo? Adyo? /cat Trpds" rous" XeyovTag to 

 •T juev appev ano tcov 8e^iajr etvat to 8e ^-^Au aTTo 

 TCOV' apLOTepaJv oanep /cat 77/30? 'E/x7Te8o/cAea /cat 

 TTpog A7][x6KpLTOv. etxe ydp ixrjhepiiav vXrjv avjx^dX- 

 Aerai to dppev, ovdev dv Xeyoiev ol XeyovTCs ovtojs' 

 etT€ /cat avix^dXXeTai, Kaddirep ^aalv, oju-oicos dvay- 

 Kalov drravTav /cat Trpog tov 'KfiTreSoKXeovg Xoyov, 



10 o? Siopi^ei TO d-qXv irpog to dppev deppLOTTjTi /cat ijjv- 

 XpoTrjTt Trjs voTepag. ol Se to avTO tovto^ ttolougl, 

 TOts" Se^tot? /cat TOtS" dpiOTepolg opl^ovTeg, opaiVTes 



^ seel. Piatt : to Kvrjfia coni. A.-W. 

 ^ TovTo PSYZ*, cm. Rekker per errorem. 



" See 716 b 2 if . and 766 a 24 ff. >> Cf. 743 a 2, n. 



" This is the statement of the general rule of which the 

 foregoing is an example ; Aristotle makes a similar criticism 

 (of Empedocles) for putting the cart before the horse at P.^1. 

 640 a 20 tf., e.f/., dyvouiv . . . on to Troiijaav npoTepov vTTtjpxev : 

 the whole context is apposite. 



'' av^paivei : it happens KaTO, av^i^e^rjKOS, not Kad' avro : it 



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