ARISTOTLE 



found in the Soul in different individuals, and upon 

 the Blend its health and sensitivity " depend. 



With these statements may be compared the 

 following passages in De partibus : 



652 b 8 Some, says Aristotle, maintain that the 



Soul is file ; but it is better to say 

 that it subsists in some such material. 

 " The hot " is indeed the most ser- 

 viceable material for the functions 

 which the Soul has to perform, and 

 these include nourishing and causing 

 motion. 



64)7 b 30 foil. Here is a reference to the different 

 varieties of blood, and Aristotle tells 



us which sort of blood is αίσθητικωτβρυν 

 and which animals are on that account 

 φροΐ'ΐμώτΐρα (cf. 650 b 24 and 686 b 28). 

 The phrase αίματος κρασί•; is actually 

 used at 686 a 9- (Cf. also 650 b 29, the 

 KpaaLs in the heart ; 652 b 35, the parts 

 in the head are colder than the (τνμ- 

 jLterpos κρασ-ις ; 669 a 11, the npaats 

 of the body ; 673 b 26, its ευκρασία.) 



The term σνντηξί•;, which occurs frequently in the 

 Ilept δί,αίτ)/?, is found only once in the De partibus 

 at 677 a 14 — bile is said to be a residue or σίντηξί•;. 

 Properly speaking, σίττηξι•; is the term applicable to 

 the " colliquescence " or decay of the parts of the body 

 themselves. (Cf. σίψτηγμα at De gen. an. 724 b 26 

 foil. ; also arixiy^ts', 456 b 31 ; cf. also Piatt's note 

 at the end of his translation oi De gen. an., onTii b27.) 

 The effect of the colliquescence is to produce an 



" The adjective used is φρόνιμος. 

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