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 partihus : 



652 b 8 Some, says Aristotle, maintain that the 



Soul is fiie ; 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. 



647 b 30 foil. Here is a reference to the different 

 varieties of blood, and Aristotle tells 

 us which sort of blood is aladi^TiKM-epov 

 and which animals are on that account 

 (fipovtiuoTepa {cf. 650 b 24 and 686 b 28). 

 The phrase ttt/xaro? K^ao-i? is actually 

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

 Kpaa-Ls in the heart ; 652 b 35, the parts 

 in the head are colder than the cri'/x- 

 fierpos Kpaa-LS ; 669 a 11, the KpacTLS 

 of the body ; 673 b 26, its €VKpa<TLa.) 



The term (tvitt]^is, which occurs frequently in the 

 liepl Si(u't//9, is found only once in the De partibus 

 at 677 a 14 — bile is said to be a residue or irvvTi-j^is. 

 Properly speaking, crri'T/y^ts^ is the term applicable to 

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

 themselves. {Cf. a-vvryj-y/xa at De gen. an. 724 b 26 

 foil. ; also (Tvi'T-)]^iSy 456 b 3 1; cf. also Piatt's note 

 at the end of his translation of De gen. an. , on 724 b 27.) 

 The effect of the colliquescence is to produce an 



• The adjective used is (f)p6vifios. 

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