ARISTOTLE 



784 a 



/cat Tcts" Tpix*^^) "^o. he (f>vXXa to, (f)VTd. rols S' 

 dvdpwTTOi? Kara rrjv rjXiKLav yiverai j^eifxcljv koI 

 6 epos Kol eap kol jxerorrajpov, coctt' eireihyf at 



20 rjXiKLaL ov fiera^dXXovcnv , ovSe rd Trddrj rd Std 

 Tavrag /xerajSaAAei, KaiTrep rrjg atrta? o/xota? 

 ovcrr]g. 



Kat nepl jxev rdXXa Trddrj rd tojv rpLX^Jv a)(€86v 

 e'iprjTai. 



IV TcDv he xpf^P^drcov aiVtov rots' p-ev ctAAot? t,cpoLS, 

 /cat rod pLovo^poa elvai /cat rod Trot/ct'Aa, rj rod 



25 hepp,aro9 <f)vaig' rots h' dvOpcorroLS ovhev TrXrjv rtjjv 

 TToXidJv ov rdjv hid yrjpas dXXd rdjv hid voaov 

 €v ydp rfj KaXovp.evrj XevKrj XevKal yivovrat at 

 rpi-)(es' edv 8' at rpl^es tScrt XevKat, ovk d/co- 

 Xovdel rd) heppuari rj XevKorrjs. ainov 8' oVt at 

 rpLx^s e/c rov heppuaros (f>vovraf €k vevoarjKoros 



30 ovv /cat XevKov rov hepfiaros /cat rj 9pl^ avvvoaeZ, 

 voaos he rpi^os TToXiorrjg eariv. rj he ht rjXiKiav 

 rCiv rpiyGiv rroXiorrjs yiverai hi dadeveiav /cat 

 eVSetav depjiorrjro'S. /cat ydp rjXiKia rrdaa perrei 

 dnoKXivovros rod awjxaros, Kat ev rep yrjpa., em 

 i/jv^iv rd ydp yrjpag ipvxpov /cat ^rjpov eariv. hei 



35 he voijaai rrjv els eKaarov jiopiov d(f)iKvovpievrjv 



rpo(f)rjv on rrerrei piev rj ev eicdaro/ ot/ceia depjio- 



784 b rrjs, dhvvarovorjs he <f>Qeiperai /cat TT'qpcoais yiverai 



t) voaos. aKpi^earepov he rrepi rrjs roiavrrjs airias 



varepov XeKreov ev rois rrepi av^^qaeays /cat rpocf)rjs. 



^ eTTeiSri Z : eVet vulg. 

 ^ eV eKdaro) PZ : om. vulg. 



" Cf. 783 b 7, and De long, et brev. vit. 466 a 21 ; but 

 according to Hippocrates, tt. StatVrj? I. 33 (vi. 513 Littr^), the 

 aged are ipvxpol kol vypoi. 

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