772 a 



ARISTOTLE 



evhex^rai e/c ravrrjg ev yiveadai Trdcrr)?, dXXa 

 roaavra oaa toI? ^eyideaiv wpiarai rots Ikvov- 

 jxcvoLS- ovhe TO rod dppevo? anepixa r) 'q 8wa/xt? 

 rj €v TO) CTTrep/xaTi ovOkv avarr^aei} vXeov -^ eXarrov 



10 rov Tre(j)VK6ro's. opiolcjjg r el rrXeov OTrepfxa d(j>iriaL 

 TO dppev T] Suva/xeis" TrXeiovs iv hiaipovp-ivcp ru> 

 aTTepixaTL, ovOev TTOirjaei ixeLt,ov to TrXeioTOV, dXXd 

 Koi TOVvavTLOV hia(f)depei KaTa^rjpaivov. ovSe yap 

 TO TTvp depfxaivec to vhcop jjidXXov, oacpTTCp dv fj 

 rrXeov, dXX cgtiv opos tls^ tt]£ depp.oTfjTO's, rj? vtt- 



15 ap)^ovcrr]s idv av^rj tis" to nvp, deppLov p.kv ovkctl 

 yiverai pdXXov, efar/xi^ei 8e jxdXXov, /cat reAo? 

 d^avt^erai Kal yiverai ^iqpov. ivel Se ^aiVerat 

 avpLpLeTpiag heladai tlvos rrpog dXXrjXa to re irepir- 

 Tcopia TO Tov drjXeos Kat, to irapd tov dppevo?, 

 oaa TTpouTat crTrep/xa tcDv dppevcxjv, Ta rroXvTOKa 



20 TcDv t,ci)cov evdvg d(f)Lr)at to p,ev dppev Svvdpbevov 

 rrXeioi avviaTavai piepL^opevov, to 8e d-qXv ToaovTov 

 cjOTe TrXeiovs yiveudai avGTaaei?. {to 8' errl tov 

 ydXaKTOS TTapdheLypua Xex^ev ovx opLOiov eoTLV rj 

 p,ev yap tov uTreppLaTO's deppLOTTjs ov pLovov avv- 

 LGT7]cn TToaov dXXd /cat ttolov^ tl, rj 8' ev rip otto) 



25 /cat T?y Truerta to ttooov pbovov) tov p-ev ovv TToXXd 



^ avarrfoei PY : avvlar-qai vulg. 

 ^ Ti? P : oni. vulg. * TToiov aX\a koI noaov P. 



« See Bk. I, ch. 21 and Introd. §§ 26 ff. 



* Cf. 729 a 18. « Cf. 723 a 30, 767 a 16. 

 <* See 737 a 15, 771 b 24. 



* I suspect that this parenthesis may have come from a 

 marginal annotation ; cf, 771 b 24 above. 



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