ARISTOTLE 



We have thus : 



(1) the simplest sorts of matter ; 



(2) the simplest organic substances compounded 

 out of the foregoing (having no definite size, 

 shape, or structure) ; 



(3) the instrumental parts of the body constructed 

 out of the foregoing (having definite size, shape, 

 and structure) ; and 



(4) the organism as a whole, assembled out of the 

 foregoing. 



Note. — For a description of the way in which the 

 term rb. ojiotoixeprj has caused confusion in the accounts 

 of Anaxagoras's theories see Class. Qu., 1931, xxv. 34 

 following. 



This is one of the most difl^cult terms to render in 

 English. 



The specialized meaning of Swdfj.ei, " potenti- 

 ally," as opposed to h'€pye[a, " actually," is so well 

 known that there is no need to enlarge upon it here. 

 Nor need I discuss the mathematical meaning of 

 SvvafXL'i. Other meanings need some comment. 



(1) Avva/us was the old technical term for what 

 were later to be called o-rotyera (elements). It 

 appears in the writings of the Hippocratic corpus 

 and in Plato's Timaeiis. The best example of its 

 use in De partihus is at the beginning of Book II. 

 (646 a 15). The list of Swd/jLeis included the sub- 

 stances known as to vypoVf to g'>]p<'>y, to depfxoi', to 

 ipyxpor, TO —iKpov, TO yXvKv, to Spipv, etc., etc. Only 

 the first four of these were regarded by Aristotle as 

 SO 



