778 b 



ARISTOTLE 



Sid re Tavrrjv ttjv atrlav Kat Sta ras Xonras oaaTrep 

 ev Tw Xoycp ivvTrapxei, to) e/caarou rj eariv eveKa 

 Tov T] ov eveKa. rwv he [xt] tolovtojv, oacov earl 

 yeveais, -qSr] tovtcov to atriov ev rfj Kivqaet Sei 



15 /cat rfj yeveaei tprjreZv, cog ev avrfj rfj avardaei rrjv 

 8ia(f)opdv XafjL^avovriov . o(f)6aXfJi6v fiev yap e^ 

 dvdyKTjg e^ei [roiovhe yap t,a)OV vTTOKeirai 6v), 

 roLovhe 8e 6(f>da\pi6v e^ dvdyKTjs fxev, ov roLavrrjs 

 S dvdyKr]s, dAA' dXXov rpOTTOv, on roiovhl r^ 

 roiovhl TToieZv 7Te(f)VKe /cat Trdax^iv. 



20 AccopLcrpievcov 8e rovrcov Xeycofxev Trepl rwv 

 e(f)e^7Jg avix^aLvovrcov. Trpcbrov fjiev ovv orav 

 yevoivrai rd rraihia Trdvrcov, fxdXiara rwv dreX(7J 

 rLKrovrywv,^ KaOevSeiv elwde, Sta ro /cat iv rfj 

 jjL'qrpt, orav Xd^rj irpwrov aiodrjaiv, KadevSovra 

 BiareXelv. e;)^et S' diropiav Trepl rrjs e^ dp)(rjs 

 yeveaews, rrorepov eyp-qyopais vrrdpx^t. rols t,wois 



25 rrporepov fj vttvos. Sta yap ro (jiaiveodai Trpo'tovarjs 

 rrjg T^At/cta? eyeipopieva fidXXov, evXoyov rovvavriov 

 ev rfj dpxfj rrjs yeveaews VTrdp^^LV, rov vttvov, 

 en Se Sta to rrjv jxerd^aaiv e/c rov fir] etvat ets" 



^ corrupt, agnovit Piatt : correxi (cf. 779 a 24) : areAcDv 

 vulg. : et inaxime filii qui pariuntur incompleti S. 



" i.e., the Final Cause. 



*" ToiovSe her e=: 6 pariKov or 6(f>6aAfjL6v exov; to use the termi- 

 nologj^ of a few lines above, to oparLKov ftvai ev Ta> Xoyw 

 fvVTrdpxei tw tov ^q)OV. 



" And since the animal {nroKeiTai to be e.g. oparLKov, 

 the sort of necessity which requires it to be opaTiKov is neces- 

 sity e^ vTTodeaecjs (see Introd. § 7), the necessity which is 

 implied by the Final Cause. For uTrd/ceirat see also 766 b 8. 



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