ARISTOTLE 



vareiv Kav ov ovvaaUai reAeiMaaL ovo eTnveivai 

 5 rfi yeveaei Trepas' Bio Kal crvyKaTayripdaKet ^ 

 TToXvv ii.iiJi€V€L xP^vov ovT€ yap (hs rereXeafxevov^ 

 ovd' (hs TTajJiTTav aXXoTpLov e)(€t ttjv (f)vcnv)' rrjg 

 yap GKXrjporrjTos rj aTreipta alria- aTreipia yap ng 

 Kal 7] fxcoXwais^ ecmv. 



AiTopiav 8' ^X^*-' ^'■'^ '^'- '"'ot' iv rots aAAot? oi);^t 



10 ytverai l^cpoLg, el ixr] ri TTdpuTrav XeXrjdev. aiTLov 8e 

 Bet voixll^etv on jxavov varepiKov eari yvvrj tcov 

 dXXcov t,cpa)v, Kal irepl rds KaOdpaeis TTXeovdt,ei 

 Kal ov hvvarai Trerreiv avrds' orav ovv €K Sva- 

 rreTTTOv LKfxdSog avarfj to KUT^fxa, Tore yiverai rj 

 KaXovixevTj pLvXr] ev rats yvvai^lv evXoyoig rj ^idXiara 

 Tj fxovais'. 

 VIII 15 To Se yaAa yiverai rotg OrjXeaiv oaa ^cooroKet 

 ev avrots -x^piqcjiixov piev eig rov xpovov rov rod 

 roKOVy rrjg yap rpo(f)'!^g )(dpiv avro rijg Ovpat,e 

 erroL'qaev rj (f)vais rotg t,aioig, oiar ovr eXXeineiv 

 avro ev rep jj^poi^oj rovrco ovdev ov6^ virepf^aXXeiv 

 ovdev OTTep /cai (j)aiverai avpuTrtrrrov, dv p,-q ri 



20 yevqrai irapd (f)vaiv. rots piev ovv dXXois l,a)ois, 

 Sia ro rov ^(^povov eva rijs Kvi^aeajs elvai, Trpos 

 rovrov dTravra rov Kaipov rj rreipis avrov' rots S' 

 dvdpcoTTOts errel rrXeiovs oi xpdvoi, Kara rov Trpwrov 

 dvayKatov vrrdpy^eiv Sio Trpo rdJv eTrrd pjr]vG)v 

 dxpr]orov ro ydXa rats yvvai^i, rore 8' -^'817 yiverai 



^ TcreXeofievov P : TereXeiionevov vulg. ^ /u.oA. codd. 



" xPW'^f^^^ Me'v, because although it serves a purpose, it 

 is also (11. 25 ff.) due to necessity in the sense that its forma- 

 tion follows inevitably from the circumstances, as Aristotle 

 explains. 



" See 772 b 5 ff . and H.A. 584 a 33. 



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